W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 to extend authority for the satellite distant network signal compulsory license and the copyright compulsory license. Requires satellite carriers making secondary transmissions of network station primary transmissions to submit to the network a subscriber list relating to significantly viewed stations. Permits retransmission, in States with a single licensed full-power station that was a network station on January 1, 1995, of the signals of such stations by satellite carriers in certain circumstances. Allows satellite carriers to secondarily transmit network station or superstation signals to communities where such signals are significantly viewed. Requires certain subscribers eligible for distant network signals to choose between distant and local signals if local signals are available. Strikes provisions concerning the voluntary negotiation of royalty fees for certain satellite carriers. Makes cost-of-living adjustments to copyright royalty rates. Requires the Register of Copyrights to report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and Senate t…