CABLE TELEVISION OBSCENITY.

SEC. 7523. CABLE TELEVISION OBSCENITY. (a) New Offense.—Chapter 71 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end, the following new section: 102 STAT. 4502 “§ 1468. Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television “(a) Whoever knowingly utters any obscene language or distributes any obscene matter by means of cable television or subscription services on television, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or by a fine in accordance with this title, or both. “(b) As used in this section, the term ‘distribute’ means to send, transmit, retransmit, telecast, broadcast, or cablecast, including by wire, microwave, or satellite, or to produce or provide material for such distribution. “(c) Nothing in this chapter, or the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, or any other provision of Federal law, is intended to interfere with or preempt the power of the States, including political subdivisions thereof, to regulate the uttering of language that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution or the distribution of matter that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution, of any sort, by means of cable television or subscription services on television.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “1468. Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television.”.