§ 1293. Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1961

   Pub. L. 87–331 § 3 · 75 Stat. 732

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1293

   Pub. L. 87–331, § 3, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 87–331, § 3, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 1 of this Act shall not apply to any joint agreement described in section 1 of this Act which permits the telecasting of all or a substantial part of any professional football game on any Friday after six o’clock postmeridian or on any Saturday during the period beginning on the second Friday in September and ending on the second Saturday in December in any year from any telecasting station located within seventy-five miles of the game site of any intercollegiate football contest scheduled to be played on such a date if— (1) such intercollegiate football contest is between institutions of higher learning both of which confer degrees upon students following completion of sufficient credit hours to equal a four-year course, and (2) such intercollegiate football contest and such game site were announced through publication in a daily newspaper of general circulation prior to March 1 of such year as being regularly scheduled for such day and place.

2. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–800 § 6(b)(3) · 80 Stat. 1508

   1. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 1293

      Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “The first sentence of section 1291 of this title” for “Section 1291 of this title” at beginning of section, extended limitation granted for football contests on game sites located within 75 miles of telecasting stations to include interscholastic contests

   2. Redesignated · 15 U.S.C. § 1293

      Pub. L. 89–800 redesignated cl. (2) as (3)

   3. Redesignated · 15 U.S.C. § 1293

      Pub. L. 89–800 added a new cl. (2), and, in cl. (3) as so redesignated

   4. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 1293

      Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “newspaper of general circulation prior to August 1” for “daily newspaper of general circulation prior to March 1” as description of the type newspaper required for the announcement of the game site of intercollegiate or interscholastic football games

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–800 substituted “The first sentence of section 1291 of this title” for “Section 1291 of this title” at beginning of section, extended limitation granted for football contests on game sites located within 75 miles of telecasting stations to include interscholastic contests, redesignated cl. (2) as (3), added a new cl. (2), and, in cl. (3) as so redesignated, substituted “newspaper of general circulation prior to August 1” for “daily newspaper of general circulation prior to March 1” as description of the type newspaper required for the announcement of the game site of intercollegiate or interscholastic football games.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 3 of such Act is amended (A) by striking out “Section Interscholastic football contests. 1 of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “The first sentence of section 1 of this Act”; (B) by striking out the word “intercollegiate” the first and last time it appears in such section and inserting in lieu thereof “intercollegiate or interscholastic”: (C) by striking out the words “daily newspaper of general circulation prior to March 1” and inserting in lieu thereof “newspaper of general circulation prior to August l”; (D) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (E) by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the word “or”; and (F) by adding after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: “(2) in the case of an interscholastic football contest, such contest is between secondary schools, both of which are accredited or certified under the laws of the State or States in which they are situated and offer courses continuing through the twelfth grade of the standard school curriculum, or the equivalent, and”.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision