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(a) Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by adding at the end the following: In-State, adjacent-market network station retransmissions to subscribers residing in covered counties shall not count toward the limit set forth in this clause.; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (10)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking; or and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) with respect to an in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmission, is a subscriber residing in a covered county.; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (17) In-State, adjacent-market network station retransmission The term in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmission means the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of the primary transmission of any network station whose community of license is located— (A) in the State of a subscriber; and (B) in a local market that is adjacent to the local market of the subscriber. (18) Covered county The term covered county means, with respect to an in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmission to a subscriber, any county to which both of the following apply: (A) The county is one of the following counties in the State of Wisconsin: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, or Washburn. (B) The county is not in the local market of any television broadcast station— (i) that is affiliated with the same network; and (ii) whose community of license is located in the State of the subscriber.. (b) Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite Section 122(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting after under paragraph (1) the following: (or in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmissions instead of secondary transmissions under that paragraph, in accordance with an election under section 346(b) of the Communications Act of 1934); and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting after under paragraph (1) the following: (or in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmissions instead of secondary transmissions under that paragraph, in accordance with an election under section 346(b) of the Communications Act of 1934).