§325 — Title 47 Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs | U.S. Code

Summary

Makes it illegal to knowingly send fake distress signals and to rebroadcast another station’s program without clear permission. Cable systems and other video distributors may not carry a TV station’s signal unless the station gives permission or the station uses the specific carriage rules in section 534 or section 338. There are a few narrow exceptions, such as noncommercial stations and certain “superstations” and home satellite antenna situations, and a temporary six-month rule that began on November 29, 1999. The FCC had to write rules quickly about how stations choose between giving permission or using the carriage rules (it had to start rulemaking within 45 days after October 5, 1992 and finish within 180 days), and stations had to make that choice within one year after October 5, 1992 and every three years after that. The FCC’s rules also require good-faith negotiations, bar certain exclusive deals and coordinated bargaining in the same market (unless stations are under common control), and set rules about using qualified MVPD buying groups (rules the FCC had to set by 90 days after December 20, 2019). A person must get an FCC permit before running a radio studio or equipment abroad whose broadcasts reach the United States; that permit can be denied or revoked for false statements or if it’s not in the public interest. After the six-month period tied to November 29, 1999 ends, a TV station can file a detailed complaint with the FCC if a satellite carrier illegally retransmitted its signal in the station’s local market. The satellite carrier must answer within five business days. The FCC had to issue procedural rules within 60 days after November 29, 1999 and must decide most complaints within 45 days after they are filed. If the FCC finds a violation it can order the satellite carrier to stop retransmitting the station, award the station costs and attorney fees, and the station can seek court enforcement. Within 6 months after an FCC order, a station may sue for statutory damages of $25,000 per violation (with rules about donating amounts over $1,000 to the U.S. Treasury). No new complaints or civil suits under these satellite rules could be filed after December 31, 2001. Defined terms in one line each: “network station” — a network-affiliated TV station as defined in copyright law; “television broadcast station” — a full-power over-the-air TV station licensed by the FCC (not low-power or translator stations); “qualified MVPD buying group” — an entity that negotiates on behalf of several small video distributors under set standards; “large station group” — a group of TV stations under common control that negotiate together and reach over 20% national audience; “local market” — the station’s local area as defined in section 122(j) of title 17; “multichannel video programming distributor” — a cable, satellite, or similar video service provider as defined in section 522 of this title.

Title 47, §325

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(a)No person within the jurisdiction of the United States shall knowingly utter or transmit, or cause to be uttered or transmitted, any false or fraudulent signal of distress, or communication relating thereto, nor shall any broadcasting station rebroadcast the program or any part thereof of another broadcasting station without the express authority of the originating station.

(b)(1)No cable system or other multichannel video programming distributor shall retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station, or any part thereof, except—

(A)with the express authority of the originating station;

(B)under section 534 of this title, in the case of a station electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the right to carriage under such section; or

(C)under section 338 of this title, in the case of a station electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the right to carriage under such section.

(2)This subsection shall not apply—

(A)to retransmission of the signal of a noncommercial television broadcast station;

(B)to retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station outside the station’s local market by a satellite carrier directly to its subscribers, if—

(i)such station was a superstation on May 1, 1991;

(ii)as of July 1, 1998, such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17; and

(iii)the satellite carrier complies with any network nonduplication, syndicated exclusivity, and sports blackout rules adopted by the Commission under section 339(b) of this title;

(C)to retransmission of the signals of network stations directly to a home satellite antenna under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17;

(D)to retransmission by a cable operator or other multichannel video provider, other than a satellite carrier, of the signal of a television broadcast station outside the station’s local market if such signal was obtained from a satellite carrier and—

(i)the originating station was a superstation on May 1, 1991; and

(ii)as of July 1, 1998, such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17; or

(E)during the 6-month period beginning on November 29, 1999, to the retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station within the station’s local market by a satellite carrier directly to its subscribers under the statutory license of section 122 of title 17.

(3)(A)Within 45 days after October 5, 1992, the Commission shall commence a rulemaking proceeding to establish regulations to govern the exercise by television broadcast stations of the right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection and of the right to signal carriage under section 534 of this title, and such other regulations as are necessary to administer the limitations contained in paragraph (2). The Commission shall consider in such proceeding the impact that the grant of retransmission consent by television stations may have on the rates for the basic service tier and shall ensure that the regulations prescribed under this subsection do not conflict with the Commission’s obligation under section 543(b)(1) of this title to ensure that the rates for the basic service tier are reasonable. Such rulemaking proceeding shall be completed within 180 days after October 5, 1992.

(B)The regulations required by subparagraph (A) shall require that television stations, within one year after October 5, 1992, and every three years thereafter, make an election between the right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection and the right to signal carriage under section 534 of this title. If there is more than one cable system which services the same geographic area, a station’s election shall apply to all such cable systems.

(C)The Commission shall commence a rulemaking proceeding to revise the regulations governing the exercise by television broadcast stations of the right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection, and such other regulations as are necessary to administer the limitations contained in paragraph (2). Such regulations shall—

(i)establish election time periods that correspond with those regulations adopted under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;

(ii)prohibit a television broadcast station that provides retransmission consent from engaging in exclusive contracts for carriage or failing to negotiate in good faith, and it shall not be a failure to negotiate in good faith if the television broadcast station enters into retransmission consent agreements containing different terms and conditions, including price terms, with different multichannel video programming distributors if such different terms and conditions are based on competitive marketplace considerations;

(iii)prohibit a multichannel video programming distributor from failing to negotiate in good faith for retransmission consent under this section, and it shall not be a failure to negotiate in good faith if the distributor enters into retransmission consent agreements containing different terms and conditions, including price terms, with different broadcast stations if such different terms and conditions are based on competitive marketplace considerations;

(iv)prohibit a television broadcast station from coordinating negotiations or negotiating on a joint basis with another television broadcast station in the same local market to grant retransmission consent under this section to a multichannel video programming distributor, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under the regulations of the Commission;

(v)prohibit a television broadcast station from limiting the ability of a multichannel video programming distributor to carry into the local market of such station a television signal that has been deemed significantly viewed, within the meaning of section 76.54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, or any other television broadcast signal such distributor is authorized to carry under section 338, 339, 340, or 534 of this title, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted by the Commission; and

(vi)not later than 90 days after December 20, 2019, specify that—

(I)a multichannel video programming distributor may satisfy its obligation to negotiate in good faith under clause (iii) with respect to a negotiation for retransmission consent under this section with a large station group by designating a qualified MVPD buying group to negotiate on its behalf, so long as the qualified MVPD buying group itself negotiates in good faith in accordance with such clause;

(II)it is a violation of the obligation to negotiate in good faith under clause (iii) for the qualified MVPD buying group to disclose the prices, terms, or conditions of an ongoing negotiation or the final terms of a negotiation to a member of the qualified MVPD buying group that is not intending, or is unlikely, to enter into the final terms negotiated by the qualified MVPD buying group; and

(III)a large station group has an obligation to negotiate in good faith under clause (ii) with respect to a negotiation for retransmission consent under this section with a qualified MVPD buying group.

(4)If an originating television station elects under paragraph (3)(B) to exercise its right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection with respect to a cable system, the provisions of section 534 of this title shall not apply to the carriage of the signal of such station by such cable system. If an originating television station elects under paragraph (3)(C) to exercise its right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection with respect to a satellite carrier, section 338 of this title shall not apply to the carriage of the signal of such station by such satellite carrier.

(5)The exercise by a television broadcast station of the right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection shall not interfere with or supersede the rights under section 338, 534, or 535 of this title of any station electing to assert the right to signal carriage under that section.

(6)Nothing in this section shall be construed as modifying the compulsory copyright license established in section 111 of title 17 or as affecting existing or future video programming licensing agreements between broadcasting stations and video programmers.

(7)For purposes of this subsection, the term—

(A)“network station” has the meaning given such term under section 119(d) of title 17;

(B)“television broadcast station” means an over-the-air commercial or noncommercial television broadcast station licensed by the Commission under subpart E of part 73 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, except that such term does not include a low-power or translator television station;

(C)“qualified MVPD buying group” means an entity that, with respect to a negotiation with a large station group for retransmission consent under this section—

(i)negotiates on behalf of two or more multichannel video programming distributors—

(I)none of which is a multichannel video programming distributor that serves more than 500,000 subscribers nationally; and

(II)that do not collectively serve more than 25 percent of all households served by a multichannel video programming distributor in any single local market in which the applicable large station group operates; and

(ii)negotiates agreements for such retransmission consent—

(I)that contain standardized contract provisions, including billing structures and technical quality standards, for each multichannel video programming distributor on behalf of which the entity negotiates; and

(II)under which the entity assumes liability to remit to the applicable large station group all fees received from the multichannel video programming distributors on behalf of which the entity negotiates;

(D)“large station group” means a group of television broadcast stations that—

(i)are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted by the regulations of the Commission;

(ii)generally negotiate agreements for retransmission consent under this section as a single entity; and

(iii)include only television broadcast stations that have a national audience reach of more than 20 percent;

(E)“local market” has the meaning given such term in section 122(j) of title 17; and

(F)“multichannel video programming distributor” has the meaning given such term in section 522 of this title.

(c)No person shall be permitted to locate, use, or maintain a radio broadcast studio or other place or apparatus from which or whereby sound waves are converted into electrical energy, or mechanical or physical reproduction of sound waves produced, and caused to be transmitted or delivered to a radio station in a foreign country for the purpose of being broadcast from any radio station there having a power output of sufficient intensity and/or being so located geographically that its emissions may be received consistently in the United States, without first obtaining a permit from the Commission upon proper application therefor.

(d)Such application shall contain such information as the Commission may by regulation prescribe, and the granting or refusal thereof shall be subject to the requirements of section 309 of this title with respect to applications for station licenses or renewal or modification thereof, and the license or permission so granted shall be revocable for false statements in the application so required or when the Commission, after hearings, shall find its continuation no longer in the public interest.

(e)(1)If after the expiration of the 6-month period described under subsection (b)(2)(E) a television broadcast station believes that a satellite carrier has retransmitted its signal to any person in the local market of such station in violation of subsection (b)(1), the station may file with the Commission a complaint providing—

(A)the name, address, and call letters of the station;

(B)the name and address of the satellite carrier;

(C)the dates on which the alleged retransmission occurred;

(D)the street address of at least one person in the local market of the station to whom the alleged retransmission was made;

(E)a statement that the retransmission was not expressly authorized by the television broadcast station; and

(F)the name and address of counsel for the station.

(2)For purposes of any proceeding under this subsection, any satellite carrier that retransmits the signal of any broadcast station shall be deemed to designate the Secretary of the Commission as its agent for service of process. A television broadcast station may serve a satellite carrier with a complaint concerning an alleged violation of subsection (b)(1) through retransmission of a station within the local market of such station by filing the original and two copies of the complaint with the Secretary of the Commission and serving a copy of the complaint on the satellite carrier by means of two commonly used overnight delivery services, each addressed to the chief executive officer of the satellite carrier at its principal place of business, and each marked “URGENT LITIGATION MATTER” on the outer packaging. Service shall be deemed complete one business day after a copy of the complaint is provided to the delivery services for overnight delivery. On receipt of a complaint filed by a television broadcast station under this subsection, the Secretary of the Commission shall send the original complaint by United States mail, postage prepaid, receipt requested, addressed to the chief executive officer of the satellite carrier at its principal place of business.

(3)Within five business days after the date of service, the satellite carrier shall file an answer with the Commission and shall serve the answer by a commonly used overnight delivery service and by United States mail, on the counsel designated in the complaint at the address listed for such counsel in the complaint.

(4)(A)The defenses under this paragraph are the exclusive defenses available to a satellite carrier against which a complaint under this subsection is filed.

(B)The defenses referred to under subparagraph (A) are the defenses that—

(i)the satellite carrier did not retransmit the television broadcast station to any person in the local market of the station during the time period specified in the complaint;

(ii)the television broadcast station had, in a writing signed by an officer of the television broadcast station, expressly authorized the retransmission of the station by the satellite carrier to each person in the local market of the television broadcast station to which the satellite carrier made such retransmissions for the entire time period during which it is alleged that a violation of subsection (b)(1) has occurred;

(iii)the retransmission was made after January 1, 2002, and the television broadcast station had elected to assert the right to carriage under section 338 of this title as against the satellite carrier for the relevant period; or

(iv)the station being retransmitted is a noncommercial television broadcast station.

(5)The retransmission without consent of a particular television broadcast station on a particular day to one or more persons in the local market of the station shall be considered a separate violation of subsection (b)(1).

(6)With respect to each alleged violation, the burden of proof shall be on a television broadcast station to establish that the satellite carrier retransmitted the station to at least one person in the local market of the station on the day in question. The burden of proof shall be on the satellite carrier with respect to all defenses other than the defense under paragraph (4)(B)(i).

(7)(A)Within 60 days after November 29, 1999, the Commission shall issue procedural regulations implementing this subsection which shall supersede procedures under section 312 of this title.

(B)(i)Within 45 days after the filing of a complaint, the Commission shall issue a final determination in any proceeding brought under this subsection. The Commission’s final determination shall specify the number of violations committed by the satellite carrier. The Commission shall hear witnesses only if it clearly appears, based on written filings by the parties, that there is a genuine dispute about material facts. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Commission may issue a final ruling based on written filings by the parties.

(ii)The Commission may direct the parties to exchange pertinent documents, and if necessary to take prehearing depositions, on such schedule as the Commission may approve, but only if the Commission first determines that such discovery is necessary to resolve a genuine dispute about material facts, consistent with the obligation to make a final determination within 45 days.

(8)If the Commission determines that a satellite carrier has retransmitted the television broadcast station to at least one person in the local market of such station and has failed to meet its burden of proving one of the defenses under paragraph (4) with respect to such retransmission, the Commission shall be required to—

(A)make a finding that the satellite carrier violated subsection (b)(1) with respect to that station; and

(B)issue an order, within 45 days after the filing of the complaint, containing—

(i)a cease-and-desist order directing the satellite carrier immediately to stop making any further retransmissions of the television broadcast station to any person within the local market of such station until such time as the Commission determines that the satellite carrier is in compliance with subsection (b)(1) with respect to such station;

(ii)if the satellite carrier is found to have violated subsection (b)(1) with respect to more than two television broadcast stations, a cease-and-desist order directing the satellite carrier to stop making any further retransmission of any television broadcast station to any person within the local market of such station, until such time as the Commission, after giving notice to the station, that the satellite carrier is in compliance with subsection (b)(1) with respect to such stations; and

(iii)an award to the complainant of that complainant’s costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.

(9)(A)On entry by the Commission of a final order granting relief under this subsection—

(i)a television broadcast station may apply within 30 days after such entry to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a final judgment enforcing all relief granted by the Commission; and

(ii)the satellite carrier may apply within 30 days after such entry to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a judgment reversing the Commission’s order.

(B)The procedure for an appeal under this paragraph by the satellite carrier shall supersede any other appeal rights under Federal or State law. A United States district court shall be deemed to have personal jurisdiction over the satellite carrier if the carrier, or a company under common control with the satellite carrier, has delivered television programming by satellite to more than 30 customers in that district during the preceding 4-year period. If the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia does not have personal jurisdiction over the satellite carrier, an enforcement action or appeal shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which may find personal jurisdiction based on the satellite carrier’s ownership of licenses issued by the Commission. An application by a television broadcast station for an order enforcing any cease-and-desist relief granted by the Commission shall be resolved on a highly expedited schedule. No discovery may be conducted by the parties in any such proceeding. The district court shall enforce the Commission order unless the Commission record reflects manifest error and an abuse of discretion by the Commission.

(10)Within 6 months after issuance of an order by the Commission under this subsection, a television broadcast station may file a civil action in any United States district court that has personal jurisdiction over the satellite carrier for an award of statutory damages for any violation that the Commission has determined to have been committed by a satellite carrier under this subsection. Such action shall not be subject to transfer under section 1404(a) of title 28. On finding that the satellite carrier has committed one or more violations of subsection (b), the District Court shall be required to award the television broadcast station statutory damages of $25,000 per violation, in accordance with paragraph (5), and the costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the station. Such statutory damages shall be awarded only if the television broadcast station has filed a binding stipulation with the court that such station will donate the full amount in excess of $1,000 of any statutory damage award to the United States Treasury for public purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a station shall incur no tax liability of any kind with respect to any amounts so donated. Discovery may be conducted by the parties in any proceeding under this paragraph only if and to the extent necessary to resolve a genuinely disputed issue of fact concerning one of the defenses under paragraph (4). In any such action, the defenses under paragraph (4) shall be exclusive, and the burden of proof shall be on the satellite carrier with respect to all defenses other than the defense under paragraph (4)(B)(i). A judgment under this paragraph may be enforced in any manner permissible under Federal or State law.

(11)(A)The nonprevailing party before a United States district court may appeal a decision under this subsection to the United States Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over that district court. The Court of Appeals shall not issue any stay of the effectiveness of any decision granting relief against a satellite carrier unless the carrier presents clear and convincing evidence that it is highly likely to prevail on appeal and only after posting a bond for the full amount of any monetary award assessed against it and for such further amount as the Court of Appeals may believe appropriate.

(B)If the Commission denies relief in response to a complaint filed by a television broadcast station under this subsection, the television broadcast station filing the complaint may file an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

(12)No complaint or civil action may be filed under this subsection after December 31, 2001. This subsection shall continue to apply to any complaint or civil action filed on or before such date.

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2019—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1003(c)(1), struck out “, and the term ‘local market’ has the meaning given that term in section 122(j) of such title” before period at end of concluding provisions. Pub. L. 116–94, § 1002(b), struck out “the term ‘unserved household’ has the meaning given that term under section 119(d) of such title” after “

October 5, 1992” in concluding provisions. Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1002(a)(1), struck out “until

December 31, 2019,” before “to retransmission” and substituted “antenna under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17;” for “antenna, if the subscriber receiving the signal— “(i) is located in an area outside the local market of such stations; and “(ii) resides in an unserved household;”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1002(a)(2), struck out “until

January 1, 2020,” before “prohibit”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(iv), (v). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1003(c)(2), struck out “(as defined in section 122(j) of title 17)” after “local market”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(vi). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1003(a), added cl. (vi). Subsec. (b)(7)(C) to (F). Pub. L. 116–94, § 1003(b), added subpars. (C) to (F). 2014—Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 113–200, § 101(1), substituted “

December 31, 2019” for “

December 31, 2014” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 113–200, § 101(2), substituted “

January 1, 2020” for “

January 1, 2015”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 113–200, §§ 101(2), 103(d)(1), substituted “

January 1, 2020” for “

January 1, 2015” and realigned margins. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(iv). Pub. L. 113–200, § 103(a), added cl. (iv). Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(v). Pub. L. 113–200, § 103(b), added cl. (v). Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 113–200, § 103(d)(2), realigned margins. 2010—Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 111–175, § 202(1), substituted “

December 31, 2014” for “

May 31, 2010” in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 111–157, § 9(b)(1), substituted “

May 31, 2010” for “

April 30, 2010” in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 111–151, § 2(b)(1), substituted “

April 30, 2010” for “

March 28, 2010” in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 111–144, § 10(b)(1), substituted “

March 28, 2010” for “

February 28, 2010” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 111–175, § 202(2), substituted “

January 1, 2015” for “

June 1, 2010”. Pub. L. 111–157, § 9(b)(2), substituted “

June 1, 2010” for “

May 1, 2010”. Pub. L. 111–151, § 2(b)(2), substituted “

May 1, 2010” for “

March 29, 2010”. Pub. L. 111–144, § 10(b)(2), substituted “

March 29, 2010” for “

March 1, 2010”. 2009—Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 111–118, § 1003(b)(1), substituted “

February 28, 2010” for “

December 31, 2009” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 111–118, § 1003(b)(2), substituted “

March 1, 2010” for “

January 1, 2010”. 2004—Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 108–447, § 201, substituted “

December 31, 2009” for “

December 31, 2004”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C). Pub. L. 108–447, § 207(a)(1), (2), in introductory provisions, substituted “The” for “Within 45 days after

November 29, 1999, the” and struck out second sentence which read “The Commission shall complete all actions necessary to prescribe such

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within 1 year after

November 29, 1999.” Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 108–447, § 207(a)(4)(A), substituted “

January 1, 2010” for “

January 1, 2006”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 108–447, § 207(a)(3), (4)(B), (5), added cl. (iii). 1999—Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I, § 1009(a)(1)], amended pars. (1) and (2) generally. Prior to amendment, pars. (1) and (2) read as follows: “(1) Following the date that is one year after

October 5, 1992, no cable system or other multichannel video programming distributor shall retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station, or any part thereof, except— “(A) with the express authority of the originating station; or “(B) pursuant to section 534 of this title, in the case of a station electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the right to carriage under such section. “(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to— “(A) retransmission of the signal of a noncommercial broadcasting station; “(B) retransmission directly to a home satellite antenna of the signal of a broadcasting station that is not owned or operated by, or affiliated with, a broadcasting network, if such signal was retransmitted by a satellite carrier on

May 1, 1991; “(C) retransmission of the signal of a broadcasting station that is owned or operated by, or affiliated with, a broadcasting network directly to a home satellite antenna, if the household receiving the signal is an unserved household; or “(D) retransmission by a cable operator or other multichannel video programming distributor of the signal of a superstation if such signal was obtained from a satellite carrier and the originating station was a superstation on

May 1, 1991. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms ‘satellite carrier’, ‘superstation’, and ‘unserved household’ have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 119(d) of title 17 as in effect on

October 5, 1992.” Subsec. (b)(3)(C). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I, § 1009(a)(2)], added subpar. (C). Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I, § 1009(a)(3)], inserted at end “If an originating television station elects under paragraph (3)(C) to exercise its right to grant retransmission consent under this subsection with respect to a satellite carrier, section 338 of this title shall not apply to the carriage of the signal of such station by such satellite carrier.” Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I, § 1009(a)(4)], substituted “338, 534, or 535 of this title” for “534 or 535 of this title”. Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I, § 1009(a)(5)], added par. (7). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I, § 1009(b)], added subsec. (e). 1992—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 102–385 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

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