educational institutions, research facilities, State and
local governments, libraries, and other social service
and public information providers can serve as a cata-
lyst in promoting increased private sector investment
in, and continued development of, the national tele-
communications and information infrastructure.
(5) Federal assistance in the promotion of the
national telecommunications and information infra-
structure will use a wide range of technologies includ-
ing, but not limited to, broadcast, fiber optic cable,
coaxial cable, satellite systems, and microwave sys-
tems.
(6) Providing assistance to help eligible entities
connect to and fully utilize existing and developing
telecommunications networks and information serv-
ices is in the public interest.
(7) There are tremendous information resources
in the Nation, but the benefits of an advanced tele-
communications and information infrastructure will
be enhanced when United States citizens have reason-
able access to such existing and future information
resources.
(8) Federal support of public broadcasting has
helped provide valuable and useful educational and
cultural programs that reach nearly all citizens of the
United States.
(9) The Federal Government shall ensure that all
citizens of the United States have access to public tele-
communications services through all appropriate
available 
telecommunications 
distribution 
tech-
nologies.
(10) Public telecommunications entities and
services constitute valuable local community resources
for utilizing electronic media to address national con-
cerns and solve local problems through community
programs.
(11) The Federal Government should encourage
partnerships to adapt technologies to public service
uses in a cost-effective manner, utilizing and main-
taining existing facilities where appropriate and ef-
fective, and to avoid duplicate services or capacities
which are currently provided by public telecommuni-
cations entities.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMA-
TION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE NTIAO ACT.—The National
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration
Organization Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating part C as part F; and
(2) by inserting after part B the following new
parts:
‘‘PART C—PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF
PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILITIES
‘‘SEC. 121. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is to assist, through match-
ing grants, in the planning and construction of public
broadcasting facilities in order to achieve the following ob-
jectives:
‘‘(1) extend delivery of public broadcasting serv-
ices to as many citizens of the United States as pos-
sible by the most efficient and economical means, in-
cluding broadcast, fiber optic cable, coaxial cable, sat-
ellite systems, and microwave systems;
‘‘(2) increase public broadcasting services and
facilities available to, operated by, and owned by mi-
norities and women; and
‘‘(3) strengthen the capability of existing public
broadcasting entities to provide public broadcasting
services to the public.
‘‘SEC. 122. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—Any eligible appli-
cant (as described in paragraph (1)) desiring to obtain a
grant under this part for the construction of public broad-
casting facilities shall submit to the Secretary an applica-