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118 STAT. 3415 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 ‘‘(4) NOTICE OF DISRUPTIONS.—A carrier that is providing signals of a local television broadcast station in a local market under this section on the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 shall, not later than 15 months after such date of enactment, provide to the licensees for such stations and the carrier’s subscribers in such local market a notice that displays prominently and conspicuously a clear statement of— ‘‘(A) any reallocation of signals between different recep tion antennas and associated equipment that the carrier intends to make in order to comply with the requirements of this subsection; ‘‘(B) the need, if any, for subscribers to obtain an additional reception antenna and associated equipment to receive such signals; and ‘‘(C) any cessation of carriage or other material change in the carriage of signals as a consequence of the require ments of this paragraph.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS: COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION; LOW POWER TELEVISION STATIONS.— (1) Section 338(a) of such Act is amended by striking para graphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each satellite carrier providing, under section 122 of title 17, United States Code, secondary trans missions to subscribers located within the local market of a television broadcast station of a primary transmission made by that station shall carry upon request the signals of all television broadcast stations located within that local market, subject to section 325(b). ‘‘(2) REMEDIES FOR FAILURE TO CARRY.—In addition to the remedies available to television broadcast stations under section 501(f) of title 17, United States Code, the Commission may use the Commission’s authority under this Act to assure compli ance with the obligations of this subsection, but in no instance shall a Commission enforcement proceeding be required as a predicate to the pursuit of a remedy available under such section 501(f). ‘‘(3) LOW POWER STATION CARRIAGE OPTIONAL.—No low power television station whose signals are provided under sec tion 119(a)(14) of title 17, United States Code, shall be entitled to insist on carriage under this section, regardless of whether the satellite carrier provides secondary transmissions of the primary transmissions of other stations in the same local market pursuant to section 122 of such title, nor shall any such carriage be considered in connection with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section.’’. (2) Section 338(c)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. (3) Section 338(k) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(4) LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION.—The term ‘low power television station’ means a low power television station as defined under section 74.701(f) of title 47, Code of Federal Deadline.