(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following new subsection:
‘‘(b) Each public television station and each public
radio station shall be authorized to broadcast any business
or institutional logogram, except that broadcasts of such
logograms may not interrupt regular programming and
each broadcast of a logogram shall not exceed 10 seconds
in duration.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall not apply to
any public television station or public radio station that
is receiving 70 percent or more of its annual operating
expenses from one of the fiscal mechanisms described in
the report required under title I of the Public Broadcast-
ing Reform Act of 1998.’’.
SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUB-
LIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PRO-
GRAM GRANTS.
Section 391 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 391) is amended by striking ‘‘1992, 1993, and
1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1999, 2000, and 2001’’.
SEC. 204. REGULATIONS.
Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Federal Communications Commission shall issue any reg-
ulations necessary to implement the amendments made by
this title.
TITLE 
III—REAUTHORIZATION
FOR CORPORATION FOR PUB-
LIC BROADCASTING
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 396(k)(1) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(1)) is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund, for each of the fiscal
years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, an
amount equal to 40 percent of the total amount of
non-Federal financial support received by public
broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second
preceding each such fiscal year, except that the
amount 
so 
appropriated 
shall 
not 
exceed
$475,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(ii) TRANSITION
TO
DIGITAL
BROADCAST-
ING.—In addition to the amount under clause (i),
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund,
for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and
2003, $95,000,000 for the purchase of equipment to
enable the transition of public broadcasting to digi-
tal broadcasting. Notwithstanding paragraph (3),
any amounts appropriated pursuant to this clause
shall be distributed only among licensees and permit-
tees of public broadcasting stations. Such amounts
may be used to purchase equipment on a collabo-
rative basis to enable more than one station to bene-
fit from cost savings realized from the joint pur-
chase of equipment.’’.
SEC. 302. MODIFICATION TO STATUTORY MANDATES.
Section 396(k)(6) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)) is amended by adding after sub-
paragraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) INCENTIVES
FOR
VOLUNTARY
CONSOLIDA-
TION.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of the Public Broadcasting Reform Act of 1998, the
Corporation (or such other entity as may replace the Cor-
poration) shall ensure that—
‘‘(i) in areas where there are television stations
that are overlapping public broadcast stations which
agree to consolidate operations and equipment in a
manner such that they are reduced to a single public
broadcast station operating under a single broadcast
license, the total funds made available to licensees or
permittees of such stations are not more than 150
percent of the amount that would be provided if
such areas were served by a single public television
broadcast station, except that funds may be provided
for such a station only if the Corporation (or such
other replacement entity) determines that—
‘‘(I) the distinct educational or minority
needs of the area are served, including through
the use of multiplexed programming;
‘‘(II) such multiplexed programming is
carried on local cable systems serving the area,
except that such cable systems shall not be re-
quired to carry multiplexed channels that ex-
ceed the number of analog public television
channels carried on the date of the enactment
of the Public Broadcasting Reform Act of 1998;
and
‘‘(III) universal access to public television
will not be diminished; and
‘‘(ii) in areas where there are radio stations
that are overlapping public broadcast stations which
agree to consolidate operations and equipment in a
manner such that they are reduced to a single public
broadcast station operating under a single broadcast
license or permit, the total funds made available to
licensees or permittees of such stations are not more
than 150 percent of the amount that would be pro-
vided if such areas were served by a single public
radio broadcast station, except that funds may be
provided for such a station only if the Corporation
(or such other replacement entity) determines that—
‘‘(I) the consolidated station meets or ex-
ceeds audience service criteria or community
support criteria, which shall be developed by the
Corporation (or such other replacement entity)
in consultation with public radio licensees and
permittees; and
‘‘(II) universal access to public radio will
not be diminished.’’.
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