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tion, foundation, corporation, association, or other
entity described in section 132(b)(1); or
‘‘(2) such facility, system, or network ceases to
be used primarily for the intended purposes of the
grant project;
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the ap-
plicant or other owner of such facility, system, or network
an amount bearing the same ratio to the value of such
facility, system, or network at the time the applicant
ceases to be such an entity or at the time of such deter-
mination (as determined by agreement of the parties or
by action brought in the United States district court for
the district in which such facility, system, or network is
situated), as the amount of the Federal grants bore to the
cost of construction of such facility, system, or network.
‘‘(b) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—Each recip-
ient of assistance under this part shall keep such records
as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Secretary
to carry out the functions of the Secretary under this part,
including—
‘‘(1) a complete and itemized inventory of all
telecommunications and information facilities, sys-
tems, or networks under the control of such recipi-
ent procured with funds authorized under this part;
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‘‘(2) records which fully disclose the amount
and the disposition by such recipient of the proceeds
of such assistance, the total cost of the project in
connection with which such assistance is given or
used, the amount and nature of that portion of the
cost of the project supplied by other sources; and
‘‘(3) such other records as will facilitate an ef-
fective audit.
‘‘(c) ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDS.—The Secretary
and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any
of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access
for the purpose of audit and examination to any books,
documents, papers, and records of any recipient of assist-
ance under this part that relate to assistance received
under this part.
‘‘(d) DUTY TO MONITOR.—The Secretary shall mon-
itor and evaluate projects in order to determine that such
projects fulfill the objectives of this part. The Secretary
shall evaluate the activities of the assistance program
under this part to assure that it is fulfilling its goals and
objectives. The Secretary shall develop criteria for evalua-
tions pursuant to section 132(c). Not later than January
1, 1998, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a sum-
mary of the results of the monitoring and evaluation con-
ducted under this subsection.
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‘‘(e) CLEARINGHOUSES.—
‘‘(1) CLEARINGHOUSE
ON
DISTANCE
LEARN-
ING.—In carrying out the requirements of subsection
(d), and in collecting studies pursuant to section
133(b), the Secretary shall provide for the collection
and dissemination of information concerning dis-
tance learning. The Secretary shall maintain infor-
mation on distance learning providers; receive, re-
view, and analyze reports of different distance learn-
ing activities; and publish periodically a compilation
of the reports submitted and such analysis.
‘‘(2) CLEARINGHOUSE ON TELEMEDICINE.—In
carrying out the requirements of subsection (d), and
in collecting studies pursuant to section 133(b), the
Secretary shall provide for the collection and dis-
semination of information concerning telemedicine
projects. The Secretary shall maintain information
on telemedicine projects, receive, review, and analyze
reports of different telemedicine activities, and pub-
lish periodically a compilation of the reports submit-
ted and such analysis.
‘‘SEC. 135. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. Sums appropriated
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under this section for any fiscal year are authorized to
remain available until expended. Sums appropriated under
this section may be used by the Secretary to cover the
direct and indirect costs of administering the provisions
of this part, for evaluating the effectiveness of the pro-
gram and projects funded pursuant to this part, and for
other related activities. Up to 5 percent of the funds ap-
propriated pursuant to this section may be used by the
Secretary for research to support the grant making activi-
ties under this part.’’.
(b) TRANSFER
AND REAUTHORIZATION
OF NA-
TIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR CHILDREN’S TELEVISION.—
The Communications Act of 1934 (hereinafter in this sub-
section referred to as ‘‘the 1934 Act’’) and the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (hereinafter in this subsection referred to
as ‘‘the NTIAO Act’’) are amended as follows:
(1) The NTIAO Act is amended by inserting
after part D (as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion) a new part E, the heading of which shall be
as follows:
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‘‘PART E—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION’’.
(2) Section 394 of the 1934 Act is transferred
to such new part E of the NTIAO Act and is redes-
ignated as section 141 of the NTIAO Act.
(3) Such section 141 is amended so that the
section designation and section heading of such sec-
tion shall be in the form and typeface of the section
designation and section heading of this section.
(4) Subsection (h) of such section 141 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1995 and 1996, to be used by the Sec-
retary to carry out the provisions of this section. Sums
appropriated under this subsection for any fiscal year shall
remain available for contracts and grants for projects for
which applications approved under this section have been
submitted within one year after the last day of such fiscal
year.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) NTIAO ACT DEFINITIONS.—Section 102(a)
of the National Telecommunications and Informa-
tion Administration Organization Act is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraphs: