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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 397', '§ 397', '§ 397', '§ 397', '§ 394', '§ 397', '§ 103', '§ 201', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 401', '§ 1234', '§ 203', '§ 126', '§ 397', '§ 203', '§ 203', '§ 105', '§ 103', '§ 103', '§ 201']

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47 USC § 397 - Definitions
The term “meeting” means the deliberations of at least the number of members of a governing or advisory body, or any committee thereof, required to take action on behalf of such body or committee where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of the governing or advisory body’s business, or the committee’s business, as the case may be, but only to the extent that such deliberations relate to public broadcasting.
The terms “noncommercial educational broadcast station” and “public broadcast station” mean a television or radio broadcast station which—
The term “noncommercial telecommunications entity” means any enterprise which—
The term “non-Federal financial support” means the total value of cash and the fair market value of property and services (including, to the extent provided in the second sentence of this paragraph, the personal services of volunteers) received—
as gifts, grants, bequests, donations, or other contributions for the construction or operation of noncommercial educational broadcast stations, or for the production, acquisition, distribution, or dissemination of educational television or radio programs, and related activities, from any source other than (i)
the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States; or (ii)
The term “public telecommunications entity” means any enterprise which—
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 397, formerly § 394, as added Pub. L. 87–447, May 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 67; renumbered § 397 and amended Pub. L. 90–129, title I, §§ 103(f), 105, 106, title II, § 201(3), (6),Nov. 7, 1967, 81 Stat. 366–368; Pub. L. 94–192, § 5,Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 94–309, § 6,June 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 95–567, title IV, § 401,Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2422; Pub. L. 97–35, title XII, § 1234(b),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 101–437, title II, § 203(b),Oct. 17, 1990, 104 Stat. 1000; Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 126(a),Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3840.)
This part, referred to in provision preceding par. (1), commences with section 390 of this title.
A prior section 397, act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 397, as added May 1, 1962, Pub. L. 87–447, 76 Stat. 67, was renumbered section 398 by Pub. L. 90–129, and is classified to section 398 of this title.
1996—Par. (9). Pub. L. 104–208, in closing provisions, struck out “and approved by the Comptroller General pursuant to section 396
(g)(5) of this title” after “by the Corporation” and “with respect to such services provided to public telecommunications entities after such standards are approved by the Comptroller General and only” before “, with respect to such an entity”.
1990—Par. (2). Pub. L. 101–437, § 203(b)(1), substituted “subpart D” for “subpart C”.
Par. (15). Pub. L. 101–437, § 203(b)(2), inserted “and subpart B” after “subpart A” and substituted “subpart C, subpart D” for “subpart B, subpart C”.
1981—Par. (15). Pub. L. 97–35substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”.
1978—Pub. L. 95–567, revised definition of “construction”, “corporation”, “interconnection”, “noncommercial educational broadcast station”, “non-Federal financial support”, “Secretary” and “State”, inserted definitions of “meeting”, “interconnection system”, “noncommercial telecommunications entity”, “preoperational expenses”, “public telecommunications entity”, “public telecommunications facilities”, and “public telecommunications services”, and deleted definitions of “educational television or radio programs” and “State educational television agency” in order to make such definitions consistent with the chapter as amended.
1976—Par. (2). Pub. L. 94–309substituted “transmission and reception apparatus” for “transmission apparatus” and “closed circuit television or radio programs” for “closed circuit television programs” and inserted in parenthetical text reference to non-video recording equipment, radio subcarrier receivers and satellite transceivers.
1975—Pars. (10), (11). Pub. L. 94–192added pars. (10) and (11).
1967—Par. (1). Pub. L. 90–129, § 105(a), included the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in definition of “State”.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 90–129, §§ 103(f)(1), 106, provided for application of term “construction” to educational radio broadcasting facilities and defined such term to include acquisition and installation of transmission apparatus necessary for radio broadcasting, and included costs of planning, respectively.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 90–129, §§ 103(f)(2), 105
(b), substituted “The terms ‘State educational television agency’ and ‘State educational radio agency’ mean, with respect to television broadcasting and radio broadcasting, respectively,” for “The term ‘State educational television agency’ means” and “such broadcasting” for “educational television” in cls. (A) and (B), and defined “Governor” to include the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, respectively.
Pars. (6) to (9). Pub. L. 90–129, § 201(6), added pars. (6) to (9).