00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 43                                                                                           
01 Urging the United States Congress to amend copyright laws to allow more                                                 
02 extensive satellite service in Alaska.                                                                                  
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04  WHEREAS many state residents have only severely limited access to local and                                            
05 national television broadcasting; and                                                                                   
06  WHEREAS better access to local and national television broadcasting would allow for                                    
07 better communication within the state; and                                                                              
08  WHEREAS more competition in programming will ultimately bring better service and                                       
09 lower costs to state residents; and                                                                                     
10  WHEREAS current federal copyright laws impose charges on the rebroadcast of local                                      
11 programming by satellite that do not apply equally to other methods of rebroadcast;                                     
12  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States Congress                                      
13 to amend the federal copyright laws to allow satellite television service in Alaska to                                  
14 rebroadcast local programming throughout the state on an equal footing with other methods                               
01 of rebroadcasting.                                                                                                      
02  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                                
03 United States; the Honorable Conrad Burns, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Science,                                 
04 Technology and Space; the Honorable W. J. "Billy" Tauzin, Chair of the House Subcommittee                               
05 on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens                                  
06 and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.                                     
07 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.