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broadcasting services, including services to under-
served audiences such as deaf and hearing impaired
individuals and blind and visually impaired individ-
uals.
‘‘(c) NONCOMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCAST STATION
FACILITIES.—Of the sums appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 125 for any fiscal year, a substantial amount shall
be available for the expansion and development of non-
commercial radio broadcast station facilities.
‘‘SEC. 124. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—If, within 5 years after
completion of any project for construction of facilities,
with respect to which a grant has been made under this
section—
‘‘(1) the applicant or other owner of such facili-
ties ceases to be an entity as described in section
122(a)(1); or
‘‘(2) such facilities cease to be used primarily
for the provision of public broadcasting services (or
the use of such public broadcasting facilities for pur-
poses other than the provision of public broadcasting
services interferes with the provision of such public
broadcasting services as required in this part);
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the ap-
plicant or other owner of such facilities the amount bear-
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ing the same ratio to the value of such facilities at the
time the applicant ceases to be such an entity or at the
time of such determination (as determined by agreement
of the parties or by action brought in the United States
district court for the district in which such facilities are
situated), as the amount of the Federal participation bore
to the cost of construction of such facilities. The Secretary
may increase the period for recovery under the preceding
sentence from 5 to 10 years if the Secretary determines
that the longer period is necessary in order to accomplish
the purposes of this part.
‘‘(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
public broadcasting facilities under the control of
such recipient;
‘‘(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
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‘‘(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.
‘‘SEC. 125. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996,
to be used by the Secretary to assist in the planning and
construction of public broadcasting facilities as provided
in this part. Sums appropriated under this part for any
fiscal year are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended. Sums appropriated under this part may be used
by the Secretary to cover the cost of administering the
provisions of this part.
‘‘PART D—TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 131. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this part to facilitate the devel-
opment of the national telecommunications and informa-
tion infrastructure by authorizing the Secretary to estab-
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lish and maintain, by the most efficient and economical
means, a Telecommunications and Information Infrastruc-
ture Development Program that will promote the wide-
spread availability of advanced telecommunications tech-
nologies to—
‘‘(1) enhance the delivery to the public of di-
verse social services, including education and health
care; and
‘‘(2) support, through the interconnection and
improvement of existing facilities and the deploy-
ment of new facilities, the formation of a nationwide,
multimedia, high-speed, interactive infrastructure of
varied information technologies.
‘‘SEC. 132. GRANT AUTHORITY.
‘‘(a) GRANT PURPOSES AND CRITERIA.—In accord-
ance with the requirements of this part, the Secretary is
authorized to award grants to eligible applicants (as de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1)) to assist the development of
a national telecommunications and information infrastruc-
ture. The Secretary shall not award a grant under this
part unless the Secretary determines that the project will
promote one or more of the following objectives:
‘‘(1) 
expand 
or 
otherwise 
augment 
tele-
communications networks or information technology
systems for health care providers, educational insti-