(2) DELEGATION.—Section 103(b)(3)(B) of The
National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration Organization Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(B) shall assign to the Assistant Secretary
and the NTIA the administration of parts C
through E of this title.’’.
(3) COMMUNICATIONS ACT AMENDMENTS.—Part
IV of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 390 et seq.) is amended—
(A) by striking subparts A, B, and C (47
U.S.C. 390–395);
(B) by redesignating subparts D and E as
subparts A and B; and
(C) in section 397—
(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read
as follows:
‘‘(1) The term ‘construction’ means acquisition (in-
cluding acquisition by lease), installation and moderniza-
tion of public broadcasting facilities, and planning and
preparatory steps incidental to any such acquisition, in-
stallation, or modernization.’’;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘subpart D’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart A’’;
(iii) by striking paragraph (10);
(iv) by amending paragraph (15) to
read as follows:
‘‘(15) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.’’; and
(v) by redesignating paragraphs (11)
through (17) as paragraphs (10) through
(16), respectively.
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NTIA.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 151 of the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act is amended by striking ‘‘$17,600,000 for fiscal
year 1992 and $17,900,000 for fiscal year 1993’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$28,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 and
1996’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 105(c)(2) of
such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to retain and use all funds
transferred, or previously transferred, from other Govern-
ment agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications
research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute
for Telecommunications Sciences of the NTLA in further-
ance of its assigned functions under this section. Such funds
received from other Government agencies shall remain
available until expended.’’.
SEC. 5. STUDY REQUIRED.
Part F of the National Telecommunications and Infor-
mation Administration Organization Act (as redesignated
by section 3(a)(1) of this Act) is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 156. STUDY AND REPORT ON SATELLITE-BASED EDU-
CATIONAL NETWORK FOR AFRICAN CHIL-
DREN.
‘‘(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Within 6 months following
enactment of this section, the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration shall conduct a feasibility
study to identify the opportunities, facilities, programming
and other resources necessary to establish networks using
modern telecommunications technologies for the purpose of
providing educational and other training essential to en-
sure growth and opportunities in Africa. The study shall
pay particular attention to the educational needs of chil-
dren residing in rural and remote areas, and to the oppor-
tunities to address those needs. In conducting such study,
the National Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration shall identify resources and programs of govern-
mental, nongovernmental, and multinational agencies that
may be deployed promptly and economically. The study
shall identify any legal, procedural, or technical impedi-
ments to the establishment of such a network or networks
and the appropriate steps to remove such impediments.
‘‘(b) 
REPORT
REQUIRED.—The 
National 
Tele-
communications and Information Administration shall
submit to the President and the Congress a report on the
results of the study required by subsection (a). The National
Telecommunications and Information Administration shall
include in such report any legislative or administrative ac-
tions required to promote the establishment of such a net-
work.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated $285,000 to carry out this
section.’’.
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