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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2639

To authorize appropriations for the promotion and development of the United

States national telecommunications and information infrastructure, the

construction and planning of public broadcasting facilities, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 14, 1993

Mr. MARKEY (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the promotion and development of the United States national telecommunications

and information infrastructure, the construction and

planning of public broadcasting facilities, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 SHORT TITLE

5 SEC. 101. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tele6 communications and Information Infrastructure and Pub7 lic Broadcasting Facilities Assistance Act of 1993’’.
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1 FINDINGS

2 SEC. 102. The Congress finds and declares that:

3 (1) A strong commitment to building the na4 tional telecommunications and information infra5 structure will promote economic growth, aid Ameri6 ca’s competitiveness, and increase the Nation’s

7 standard of living.

8 (2) A telecommunications and information in9 frastructure initiative that complements private sec10 tor efforts is in the national interest.

11 (3) Private sector investments in the United

12 States telecommunications and information infra13 structure do not supplant the Federal role in fund14 ing demonstration projects in which advanced tele15 communications capabilities are used to aid the de16 livery of critical social services such as education and

17 health care traditionally supported by government.

18 (4) Government funding of telecommunications

19 and information infrastructure for health care pro20 viders, educational institutions, research facilities,

21 State and local governments, libraries, other social

22 service and public information providers can serve as

23 a catalyst in promoting increased private sector in24 vestment in, and continued development of, the na-
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1 tional telecommunications and information infra2 structure.

3 (5) Federal assistance in the promotion of the

4 national telecommunications and information infra5 structure will use a wide range of technologies in6 cluding, but not limited to, fiber optic cable, coaxial

7 cable, satellite systems, and microwave systems.

8 (6) Providing assistance to help eligible entities

9 connect to existing and developing telecommuni10 cations networks and information services is in the

11 public interest.

12 (7) There are tremendous information resources

13 in the Nation, but the benefits of an advanced tele14 communications and information infrastructure will

15 be enhanced when United States citizens have rea16 sonable access to such existing and future informa17 tion resources.

18 (8) Federal support of public broadcasting has

19 helped provide valuable and useful educational and

20 cultural programs that reach nearly all citizens of

21 the United States.

22 (9) The distinct characteristics of public broad23 casting projects and telecommunications and infor24 mation infrastructure projects will best be accommo-
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1 dated by establishing two independent assistance

2 programs.

3 PURPOSE

4 SEC. 103. To facilitate the development of the na5 tional telecommunications and information infrastructure,

6 the Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain two

7 separate assistance programs, one for telecommunications

8 and information infrastructure projects, and one for public

9 broadcasting projects:

10 (1) The Telecommunications and Information

11 Infrastructure Program shall focus on promoting the

12 widespread availability of advanced telecommuni13 cations technologies to—

14 (A) enhance the delivery of diverse social

15 services, including education and health care, to

16 the public; and

17 (B) support the eventual formation of a

18 nationwide, multimedia, high-speed, interactive

19 infrastructure of varied information tech20 nologies through interconnection and improve21 ment.

22 (2) The Public Broadcasting Facilities Program

23 shall focus on—

24 (A) extending public broadcasting services

25 to underserved segments of the American pub26 lic;
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1 (B) increasing public broadcasting services

2 and facilities available to, operated by, and

3 owned by minorities and women; and

4 (C) improving the capability of existing

5 public broadcasting facilities to provide services

6 to their coverage areas.

7 DEFINITIONS

8 SEC. 104. (a) Paragraphs (1), (3), (13), (14), and

9 (15) of section 397 of the Communications Act of 1934

10 are hereby amended as follows and a new paragraph (18)

11 is added:

12 ‘‘DEFINITIONS

13 ‘‘SEC. 397. For the purposes of this part:

14 ‘‘(1) The term ‘construction’ means acquisition

15 (including acquisition by lease), installation and

16 modernization of public broadcasting facilities, and

17 planning and preparatory steps incidental to any

18 such acquisition, installation, or modernization.’’.

19 ‘‘(3) The term ‘interconnection’ means an asso20 ciation of transmission channels or telecommuni21 cation circuits, switching units, or other equipment

22 to provide the means of a transfer of signals between

23 two or more points in a telecommunications network

24 or networks.’’.

25 ‘‘(13) The term ‘public broadcasting facilities’

26 means telecommunications and related equipment
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1 necessary for the provision of public broadcasting

2 services, except that such term does not include the

3 buildings to house such apparatus (other than small

4 equipment shelters that are part of satellite Earth

5 stations, translators, microwave interconnection fa6 cilities, and similar facilities).

7 ‘‘(14) The term ‘public broadcasting services’

8 means the production, acquisition, distribution, or

9 dissemination of noncommercial, educational and

10 cultural programs disseminated through that portion

11 of the broadcast spectrum designated by the Federal

12 Communications Commission for noncommercial,

13 educational television, or radio broadcasting.

14 ‘‘(15) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary

15 of Commerce when such term is used in subpart A,

16 subpart B, and subpart C, and the Secretary of

17 Health and Human Services when such term is used

18 in subpart D and this subpart.’’.

19 ‘‘(18) The term ‘telecommunications and infor20 mation infrastructure’ means the hardware and op21 erating software necessary to transmit, receive,

22 store, or distribute analog or digital signals for

23 voice, data, or video, except that such hardware and

24 operating software shall not include public broad25 casting facilities.’’.
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1 TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR TELECOMMUNI2 CATIONS AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUC3 TURE DEVELOPMENT

4 SEC. 201. (a) The heading to subpart C of part IV

5 of the Communications Act of 1934 (title 47 of the United

6 States Code), ‘‘Telecommunications Demonstrations,’’ is

7 hereby deleted and replaced with the following—‘‘Assist8 ance for Telecommunications and Information Infrastruc9 ture’’.

10 (b) Section 395 of the Communications Act (title 47

11 of the United States Code) is hereby repealed and replaced

12 with the following:

13 ‘‘DECLARATION OF PURPOSE; GENERAL CRITERIA FOR

14 APPROVAL AND EXPENDITURES BY SECRETARY OF

15 COMMERCE; APPROPRIATIONS; ADMINISTRATION

16 ‘‘SEC. 395. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this sec17 tion is to assist, through matching grants, the develop18 ment of a national telecommunications and information in19 frastructure, by the most efficient and economical means.

20 The objectives of these grants are to—

21 ‘‘(1) expand telecommunications networks or

22 systems for health care providers, educational insti23 tutions, research facilities, libraries, museums, State

24 and local governments, and other social service and

25 public information providers;
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1 ‘‘(2) enhance the ability, through interconnec2 tion, of health care providers, educational institu3 tions, research facilities, libraries, museums, State

4 and local governments, and other social service and

5 public information providers to access existing and

6 new sources of information;

7 ‘‘(3) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

8 the delivery of social services, such as education and

9 health care, to the American people;

10 ‘‘(4) promote innovation in the use of tele11 communications services and technologies by sup12 porting telecommunications demonstration projects

13 in the delivery of social services; and

14 ‘‘(5) increase the professional productivity, per15 sonal growth, and quality of life for all citizens of

16 the United States, especially traditionally under17 served populations thereof, through efficient access

18 to information.

19 ‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall base determina20 tions on whether to approve grants under this section, and

21 the amount of such grants, except that such amount shall

22 not exceed 50 percent of the amount determined by the

23 Secretary to be the reasonable and necessary cost of such

24 project, unless the Secretary determines that extraor25 dinary circumstances warrant providing a grant not to ex-
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1 ceed 75 percent, on finding that the project would advance

2 one or more of the following goals—

3 ‘‘(1) the enhancement of the telecommuni4 cations and information infrastructure for health

5 care providers, educational institutions, research fa6 cilities, libraries, museums, State and local govern7 ment and other social service and public information

8 providers;

9 ‘‘(2) the promotion of accessibility to, and uni10 versal utilization of, telecommunications and infor11 mation infrastructure for all citizens of the United

12 States, especially traditionally underserved popu13 lations;

14 ‘‘(3) the development and increased use of tele15 communications and information infrastructure, es16 pecially for education, health care, research, and

17 other social and public information service providers,

18 with demonstration projects;

19 ‘‘(4) the promotion of infrastructure inter20 connection and interoperability; and

21 ‘‘(5) the evaluation and demonstration of the

22 efficiency and efficacy of innovative telecommuni23 cations facilities, systems or networks in the provi24 sion of education, health care, and other social and

25 public information services.
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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—For each project

2 proposed pursuant to this title there shall be submitted

3 to the Secretary an application for a grant containing such

4 information with respect to such project as the Secretary

5 may require. Each applicant shall also provide assurances

6 satisfactory to the Secretary that—

7 ‘‘(1) the applicant is capable of creating, oper8 ating, and maintaining the facilities, systems or net9 works that are the subject of the application;

10 ‘‘(2) necessary funds to create, operate, and

11 maintain such facilities, systems or networks will be

12 available when needed;

13 ‘‘(3) the applicant has participated in com14 prehensive planning for such facilities, systems or

15 networks that includes an evaluation of alternative

16 technologies and coordination with appropriate State

17 agencies, as needed;

18 ‘‘(4) the applicant will make efficient use of the

19 grants;

20 ‘‘(5)(A) the applicant is a nonprofit foundation,

21 corporation, institution, or association; and

22 ‘‘(B) a State or local government (or any agen23 cy thereof), or a political or special purpose subdivi24 sion of a State or local government; or
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1 ‘‘(C) any enterprise owned and operated by a

2 State or local government entity.

3 ‘‘(d) TRAINING AND PLANNING.—(1) The Secretary

4 is authorized to fund necessary and reasonable expenses

5 needed for training in the operation of the facilities, sys6 tems or networks developed pursuant to this section, ex7 cept that such expenditures shall be authorized only for

8 a period not to exceed one year after closeout of the grant

9 for the telecommunications and information infrastructure

10 funded under this section.

11 ‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide up to 100

12 percent of the cost of planning projects or studies that

13 will promote the development or enhancement of the na14 tional telecommunications and information infrastructure.

15 Any plans or studies conducted by or for any grant recipi16 ent under this section shall be provided to the Secretary.

17 An applicant for a planning grant shall provide such infor18 mation with respect to such project as the Secretary may

19 require and shall provide assurances satisfactory to the

20 Secretary that the applicant meets the requirements of

21 subsection (c)(5)(A)–(C).

22 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish

23 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this

24 section, including regulations relating to the order of pri25 ority in approving applications for infrastructure or plan-
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1 ning projects and relating to determining the amount of

2 each grant for such projects. The Secretary shall seek the

3 views of the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of

4 Health and Human Services and the Director of the Na5 tional Science Foundation in developing the regulations

6 authorized under this section.

7 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In establishing cri8 teria for grants pursuant to this section, and in establish9 ing procedures relating to the order of priority established

10 in subsection (e) in approving applications for grants, the

11 Secretary shall give special consideration to applications

12 that would increase participation by minorities, individuals

13 with disabilities, women, and other underserved popu14 lations in the ownership of, operation of, and access to,

15 telecommunications and information infrastructure. The

16 Secretary shall take affirmative steps to inform minorities,

17 individuals with disabilities, women, and other under18 served populations of the availability of funds under this

19 section, and to provide such other assistance and informa20 tion as may be appropriate.

21 ‘‘(g) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—If, within five years

22 after completion of any project with respect to which a

23 grant has been made under this section—

24 ‘‘(1) the applicant or other owner of such facili25 ties or infrastructure cases to be an agency, institu-
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1 tion, foundation, corporation, association, or other

2 entity described in subsection (c)(5)(A)–(C); or

3 ‘‘(2) such facilities or infrastructure case to be

4 used primarily for the intended purposes of the

5 grant project;

6 the United States shall be entitled to recover from the ap7 plicant or other owner of such facilities the amount bear8 ing the same ratio to the value of such facilities at the

9 time the applicant ceases to be such an entity or at the

10 time of such determination (as determined by agreement

11 of the parties or by action brought in the United States

12 district court for the district in which such facilities are

13 situated), as the amount of the Federal participation bore

14 to the cost of construction of such facilities.

15 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

16 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1994

17 $51,000,000, and for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996,

18 1997, and 1998 such sums as may be necessary, to be

19 used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in the infra20 structure interconnection, or development of telecommuni21 cations and information infrastructure, as provided in this

22 section. Sums appropriated under this section for any fis23 cal year shall remain available until expended, for payment

24 of grants for projects for which applications approved by

25 the Secretary, pursuant to this section, have been submit-
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1 ted within any fiscal year; and for further implementation

2 of this section. Sums appropriated under this section may

3 be used by the Secretary to cover the direct and indirect

4 costs of administering the provisions of this section, for

5 evaluating the effectiveness of the program and projects

6 funded pursuant to this section, and for other related

7 activities.

8 ‘‘(i) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—Each recip9 ient of assistance under this section shall keep such

10 records as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Sec11 retary to carry out the functions of the Secretary under

12 this section, including a complete and itemized inventory

13 of all telecommunications and information infrastructure,

14 systems, or networks under the control of such recipient

15 procured with funds authorized under this section; and

16 records which fully disclose the amount and the disposition

17 by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the

18 total cost of the project in connection with which such as19 sistance is given or used, the amount and nature of that

20 portion of the cost of the project supplied by other sources,

21 and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

22 ‘‘(j) ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDS.—The Secretary

23 and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any

24 of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access

25 for the purpose of audit and examination to any books,
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1 documents, papers, and records of any recipient of assist2 ance under this section that are pertinent to assistance

3 received under this section.

4 ‘‘(k) DUTY TO MONITOR.—The Secretary shall mon5 itor and evaluate selected projects, to determine that such

6 projects fulfill the objectives of this section. The Secretary

7 shall evaluate the activities of this assistance program to

8 assure that it is fulfilling its goals and objectives. The Sec9 retary shall develop criteria for evaluations pursuant to

10 subsection (e) of this section.’’.

11 TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR PLANNING AND

12 CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING

13 FACILITIES

14 SEC. 301. (a) The heading to part IV of the Commu15 nications Act of 1934 (title 47 of the United States Code)

16 is hereby amended as follows—‘‘Assistance for Public

17 Broadcasting Facilities: National Endowment for Chil18 dren’s Educational Television, Assistance for Tele19 communications and Information Infrastructure, Corpora20 tion for Public Broadcasting.’’.

21 (b) Sections 390–393 of the Communications Act of

22 1934 (title 47 of the United States Code) are amended

23 as follows—

24 ‘‘DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

25 ‘‘SEC. 390. The purpose of this title is to assist,

26 through matching grants, in the planning and construc-
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1 tion of public broadcasting facilities in order to achieve

2 the following objectives—

3 ‘‘(1) extend delivery of public broadcasting serv4 ices to as many citizens of the United States as pos5 sible by the most efficient and economical means;

6 ‘‘(2) increase public broadcasting services and

7 facilities available to, operated by, and owned by mi8 norities and women; and

9 ‘‘(3) strengthen the capability of existing public

10 broadcasting entities to provide public broadcasting

11 services to the public.’’.

12 ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 ‘‘SEC. 391. There are authorized to be appropriated

14 $20,600,000, for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may

15 be necessary for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997,

16 and 1998, to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to

17 assist in the planning and construction of public broad18 casting facilities as provided in this title. Sums appro19 priated under this title for any fiscal year shall remain

20 available until expended for payment of grants for projects

21 for which applications approved by the Secretary pursuant

22 to this title have been submitted within any fiscal year.

23 Sums appropriated under this title may be used by the

24 Secretary to cover the cost of administering the provisions

25 of this title.
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1 ‘‘GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION

2 ‘‘SEC. 392. (a) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—For

3 each project for the construction of public broadcasting

4 facilities there shall be submitted to the Secretary an ap5 plication for a grant containing such information with re6 spect to such project as the Secretary may require, includ7 ing the total cost of such project, the amount of the grant

8 requested for such project. Each applicant shall also pro9 vide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that—

10 ‘‘(1) the applicant is—

11 ‘‘(A) a public broadcasting station;

12 ‘‘(B) a system of public broadcasting enti13 ties;

14 ‘‘(C) a nonprofit foundation, corporation,

15 institution, or association intending to serve pri16 marily educational or cultural purposes; or,

17 ‘‘(D) a State or local government (or any

18 agency thereof), or a political or special purpose

19 subdivision of a State;

20 ‘‘(2) the operation of such public broadcasting

21 facilities will be under the control of the applicant;

22 ‘‘(3) necessary funds to construct, operate, and

23 maintain such public broadcasting facilities will be

24 available when needed;
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1 ‘‘(4) such public broadcasting facilities will be

2 used primarily for the provision of public broadcast3 ing services, and that the use of such public broad4 casting facilities for purposes other than the provi5 sion of public broadcasting services will not interfere

6 with the provision of such public broadcasting serv7 ices as required in this title;

8 ‘‘(5) the applicant has participated in com9 prehensive planning for such public broadcasting fa10 cilities in the area which the applicant proposes to

11 serve, and such planning has included an evaluation

12 of alternate technologies and coordination with State

13 educational television and radio agencies, as appro14 priate; and

15 ‘‘(6) the applicant will make the most efficient

16 use of the grant.

17 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Upon approving any ap18 plication under this section with respect to any project for

19 the construction of public broadcasting facilities, the Sec20 retary shall make a grant to the applicant in an amount

21 determined by the Secretary, except that such amount

22 shall not exceed 75 percent of the amount determined by

23 the Secretary to be the reasonable and necessary cost of

24 such project.
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1 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION AND ASSURANCES.—The Sec2 retary may provide such funds as the Secretary deems nec3 essary for the planning of any project for which construc4 tion funds may be obtained under this section. An appli5 cant for a planning grant shall provide such information

6 with respect to such project as the Secretary may require

7 and shall provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary

8 that the applicant meets the eligibility requirements of

9 subsection (a) to receive construction assistance.

10 ‘‘(d) STUDIES.—Any studies conducted by or for any

11 grant recipient under this section shall be provided to the

12 Secretary, if such studies are conducted through the use

13 of funds received under this section.

14 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish

15 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this

16 title, including regulations relating to the order of priority

17 in approving applications for construction or planning

18 projects and relating to determining the amount of each

19 grant for such projects.

20 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In establishing cri21 teria for grants pursuant to section 393, and in establish22 ing procedures relating to the order of priority established

23 in subsection (e) in approving applications for grants, the

24 Secretary shall give special consideration to applications

25 which would increase participation by minorities, women
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1 and populations traditionally underserved in the ownership

2 of, and operation of, public broadcasting entities. The Sec3 retary shall take affirmative steps to inform minorities,

4 women and underserved populations of the availability of

5 funds under this title, and the localities where new public

6 broadcasting facilities are needed, and to provide such

7 other assistance and information as may be appropriate.

8 ‘‘(g) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—If, within ten years

9 after completion of any project for construction of facili10 ties, with respect to which a grant has been made under

11 this section—

12 ‘‘(1) the applicant or other owner of such facili13 ties ceases to be an entity as described in section

14 392(a)(1)(A)–(D) of this title; or

15 ‘‘(2) such facilities cease to be used primarily

16 for the provision of public broadcasting services (or

17 the use of such public broadcasting facilities for pur18 poses other than the provision of public broadcasting

19 services interferes with the provision of such public

20 broadcasting services as required in this title);

21 the United States shall be entitled to recover from the ap22 plicant or other owner of such facilities the amount bear23 ing the same ratio to the value of such facilities at the

24 time the applicant ceases to be such an entity or at the

25 time of such determination (as determined by agreement
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1 of the parties or by action brought in the United States

2 district court for the district in which such facilities are

3 situated), as the amount of the Federal participation bore

4 to the cost of construction of such facilities.

5 ‘‘(h) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—Each recip6 ient of assistance under this subpart shall keep such

7 records as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Sec8 retary to carry out the functions of the Secretary under

9 this title, including a complete and itemized inventory of

10 all public broadcasting facilities under the control of such

11 recipient, and records which fully disclose the amount and

12 the disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such

13 assistance, the total cost of the project in connection with

14 which such assistance is given or used, the amount and

15 nature of that portion of the cost of the project supplied

16 by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate

17 an effective audit.

18 ‘‘(i) ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDS.—The Secretary

19 and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any

20 of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access

21 for the purpose of audit and examination to any books,

22 documents, papers, and records of any recipient of assist23 ance under this subpart that are pertinent to assistance

24 received under this title.
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1 ‘‘CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AND EXPENDITURES BY

2 SECRETARY

3 ‘‘SEC. 393. (a) CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING

4 GRANTS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Cor5 poration for Public Broadcasting, public broadcasting en6 tities, and, as appropriate, with others, shall establish cri7 teria for making construction and planning grants. Such

8 criteria shall be consistent with the objectives and provi9 sions set forth in this subpart, and shall be made available

10 to interested parties upon request.

11 ‘‘(b) BASIS FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary

12 shall base determinations of whether to approve applica13 tions for grants under this subpart, and the amount of

14 such grants, on criteria developed pursuant to subsection

15 (a) and designed to achieve—

16 ‘‘(1) the establishment of new public broadcast17 ing facilities to extend service to areas currently not

18 receiving public broadcasting services;

19 ‘‘(2) the improvement of the capabilities of ex20 isting public broadcasting entities to provide public

21 broadcasting services to underserved audiences such

22 as deaf and hearing impaired individuals and blind

23 and visually impaired individuals;
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1 ‘‘(3) the development of public broadcasting fa2 cilities owned by, operated by, and available to mi3 norities and women;

4 ‘‘(4) the expansion of the service areas or pro5 duction capabilities of existing public broadcasting

6 entities; and

7 ‘‘(5) the replacement of existing equipment, ex8 cept that replacement shall have a lower priority

9 than grants under (b)(1)–(4) of this subsection.

10 ‘‘(c) NONCOMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCAST STATION

11 FACILITIES.—Of the sums appropriated pursuant to sec12 tion 381 for any fiscal year, a substantial amount shall

13 be available for the expansion and development of non14 commercial radio broadcast station facilities.’’.

15 TITLE IV—NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16 AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

17 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

18 SEC. 401. There is authorized to be appropriated for

19 the administration of the National Telecommunications

20 and Information Administration $21,927,000 for fiscal

21 year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each

22 of fiscal years, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, and such

23 sums as may be necessary for increases resulting from ad24 justments in salary, pay, retirement, other employee bene25 fits required by law, and other nondiscretionary costs.
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1 TITLE V—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR

2 CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION

3 AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION

4 SEC. 501. For expenses necessary to carry out the

5 provisions of the National Endowment for Children’s Edu6 cational Television, title II of Public Law 101–437, includ7 ing costs for contracts, grants, and administrative ex8 penses, there are authorized to be appropriated

9 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may

10 be necessary for each of fiscal year, 1995, 1996, 1997,

11 and 1998, to remain available until expended.

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