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124 STAT. 1254 PUBLIC LAW 111–175—MAY 27, 2010 ‘‘(6) QUALIFIED NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATION.—The term ‘qualified noncommercial educational tele- vision station’ means any full-power television broadcast station that— ‘‘(A) under the rules and regulations of the Commission in effect on March 29, 1990, is licensed by the Commission as a noncommercial educational broadcast station and is owned and operated by a public agency, nonprofit founda- tion, nonprofit corporation, or nonprofit association; and ‘‘(B) has as its licensee an entity that is eligible to receive a community service grant, or any successor grant thereto, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or any successor organization thereto, on the basis of the formula set forth in section 396(k)(6)(B) of this title.’’. SEC. 208. SAVINGS CLAUSE REGARDING DEFINITIONS. Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed to affect— (1) the meaning of the terms ‘‘program related’’ and ‘‘pri- mary video’’ under the Communications Act of 1934; or (2) the meaning of the term ‘‘multicast’’ in any regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission. SEC. 209. STATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS BROADCASTS. Section 335(b) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘STATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS,’’ after ‘‘EDU- CATIONAL,’’ in the heading; (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) CHANNEL CAPACITY REQUIRED.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Commission shall require, as a condition of any provision, initial authorization, or authorization renewal for a provider of direct broadcast satellite service providing video programming, that the provider of such service reserve a portion of its channel capacity, equal to not less than 4 percent nor more than 7 percent, exclusively for noncommercial programming of an educational or informational nature. ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT FOR QUALIFIED SATELLITE PRO- VIDER.—The Commission shall require, as a condition of any provision, initial authorization, or authorization renewal for a qualified satellite provider of direct broadcast satellite service providing video programming, that such provider reserve a portion of its channel capacity, equal to not less than 3.5 percent nor more than 7 percent, exclusively for noncommercial programming of an edu- cational or informational nature.’’; (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘For purposes of the sub- section—’’ and inserting ‘‘For purposes of this subsection:’’; and (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the following: ‘‘(C) The term ‘qualified satellite provider’ means any provider of direct broadcast satellite service that— ‘‘(i) provides the retransmission of the State public affairs networks of at least 15 different States; ‘‘(ii) offers the programming of State public affairs networks upon reasonable prices, terms, and conditions as determined by the Commission under paragraph (4); and Definition. 47 USC 335. 47 USC 325 note.