‘‘(1) a complete and itemized inventory of all
telecommunications and information facilities, sys-
tems, or networks under the control of such recipient
procured with funds authorized under this part;
‘‘(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 connec-
tion 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 effec-
tive 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, docu-
ments, papers, and records of any recipient of assistance
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 evaluations pursu-
ant to section 132(c). Not later than January 1, 1998, the
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a summary of the
results of the monitoring and evaluation conducted under
this subsection.
‘‘(e) CLEARINGHOUSES.—
(1) CLEARINGHOUSE ON DISTANCE LEARNING.—
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 distance learn-
ing. The Secretary shall maintain information on
distance learning providers; receive, review, and ana-
lyze reports of different distance learning 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 dissemi-
nation 
of 
information 
concerning 
telemedicine
projects. The Secretary shall maintain information on
telemedicine projects, receive, review, and analyze re-
ports of different telemedicine activities, and publish
periodically a compilation of the reports submitted
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
under this section for any fiscal year are authorized to re-
main 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 program and
projects funded pursuant to this part, and for other related
activities. Up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated pursu-
ant to this section may be used by the Secretary for research
to support the grant making activities under this part.’’.
(b) TRANSFER AND REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR CHILDREN’S TELEVISION.—The Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (hereinafter in this subsection referred
to as ‘‘the 1934 Act’’) and the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration Organization Act (herein-
after 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:
‘‘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 redesig-
nated as section 141 of the NTIAO Act.
(3) Such section 141 is amended so that the sec-
tion designation and section heading of such section
shall be in the form and typeface of the section des-
ignation and section heading of this section.
(4) Subsection (h) of such section 141 is amend-
ed 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 Secretary
to carry out the provisions of this section. Sums appro-
priated under this subsection for any fiscal year shall re-
main 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 Information
Administration Organization Act is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(6) The term ‘construction’ means acquisition
(including acquisition by lease), installation and
modernization of public broadcasting facilities, and
planning and preparatory steps incidental to any
such acquisition, installation, or modernization.
‘‘(7) The term ‘interconnection’ means the use of
an association of transmission channels or tele-
communication circuits, switching units, or other
equipment to provide the means of a transfer of sig-
nals between two or more points in a telecommuni-
cations network or networks or the use of an inter-
connection system.
‘‘(8) The term ‘interconnection system’ means
any system of facilities used for the distribution of
programs to public telecommunications entities (as
such term is defined in section 397 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397).
‘‘(9) The term ‘public broadcasting facilities’
means telecommunications and related equipment
necessary for the provision of public broadcasting
services, except that such term does not include the
buildings to house such apparatus (other than small
equipment shelters that are part of satellite Earth sta-
tions, translators, microwave interconnection facili-
ties, and similar facilities).