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 124 STAT. 1255 PUBLIC LAW 111–175—MAY 27, 2010 ‘‘(iii) does not delete any noncommercial program- ming of an educational or informational nature in connection with the carriage of a State public affairs network. ‘‘(D) The term ‘State public affairs network’ means a non-commercial non-broadcast network or a noncommer- cial educational television station— ‘‘(i) whose programming consists of information about State government deliberations and public policy events; and ‘‘(ii) that is operated by— ‘‘(I) a State government or subdivision thereof; ‘‘(II) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code and that is governed by an inde- pendent board of directors; or ‘‘(III) a cable system.’’. TITLE III—REPORTS AND SAVINGS PROVISION SEC. 301. DEFINITION. In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate Congressional committees’’ means the Committees on the Judiciary and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa- tives. SEC. 302. REPORT ON MARKET BASED ALTERNATIVES TO STATUTORY LICENSING. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and after consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, the Register of Copyrights shall submit to the appro- priate Congressional committees a report containing— (1) proposed mechanisms, methods, and recommendations on how to implement a phase-out of the statutory licensing requirements set forth in sections 111, 119, and 122 of title 17, United States Code, by making such sections inapplicable to the secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission of a broadcast station that is authorized to license the same secondary trans- mission directly with respect to all of the performances and displays embodied in such primary transmission; (2) any recommendations for alternative means to imple- ment a timely and effective phase-out of the statutory licensing requirements set forth in sections 111, 119, and 122 of title 17, United States Code; and (3) any recommendations for legislative or administrative actions as may be appropriate to achieve such a phase-out. SEC. 303. REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS IMPLICATIONS OF STATU- TORY LICENSING MODIFICATIONS. (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a study that analyzes and evaluates the changes to the carriage require- ments currently imposed on multichannel video programming 47 USC 338 note. Definition.