An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 by extending and improving the provisions thereof relating to grants for construction of educational television broadcasting facilities, by authorizing assistance in the construction of non-commercial educational radio broadcasting facilities, by establishing a nonprofit corporation to assist in establishing innovative educational programs, to facilitate educational program availability, and to aid the operation of educational broadcasting facilities; and to authorize a comprehensive study of instructional television and radio; and for other purposes.
PL 90-129 (S.1160), enacted 11/07/1967

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SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act 
size, etc 
shall be of such size or sizes and of such metals as shall be determined 
by the Secretary of tlie Treasury in consultation with such Board. 
Approved November 4, 1967. 
Public Law 90-129 
A N A C T 
November 7, 1967 
To amend the Comniunications Act of 11)34 by extending and improving the 
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provisions thereof relating to grants for construction of educational tele-
vision broadcasting facilities, by authorizing assistance in the construction 
of noncommercial educational radio broadcasting facilities, by establishing 
a nonprofit corporation to assist in establishing innovative educational 
programs, to facilitate educational program availability, and to aid the 
operation of educational broadcasting facilities; and to authorize a com-
prehensive study of instructional television and radio: and for 
other 
puri«)ses. 
Bo 'it cnacU'd hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Tended States of Ameriea In Congress assembled. That this Act may ^ Public Broad-
be cited as the "Public Broadcasting Act of 1967''. 
i967. 
TITLE I—(X)NSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION (JRANTS FOR EDUCATIONAL 
BROADCASTING 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 391 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 391) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the follow- 
^^ ^*^*- ^^' 
ing new sentence: "There are also authorized to be appropriated for 
carrying out the purposes of such section, $10,500,000 for the fiscal 
vear ending June 30, 1968, $12,500,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1969, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1970."' 
(b) The last sentence of such section is amended by striking out 
''July 1, 1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1971". 
MAXIMI M ON GRANTS I N ANY STATE 
SEC. 102'. Effective with respect to grants made from appropria-
tions for any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1967, subsection (b) 
of section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 392(b)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The total of the grants made under this part from the appro-
priation for any fiscal year for the construction of noncommercial 
educational television broadcasting facilities and noncommercial edu-
cational radio broadcasting facilities in any State may not exceed 
81/^ per centum of such appropriation." 
NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL RADIO BROADCASTING FACILITIES 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 390 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 390) is amended by inserting "noncommercial" before "educa-
tional" and by inserting "or radio" after "television". 
(b) Subsection (a) of section 392 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 392(a)) is amended by— 
(1) inserting "noncommercial" before "educational" and by 
inserting "or radio" after "television" in so much thereof as pre-
cedes paragraph (1) ; 
(2) striking out clause (B) of such paragraph and inserting 
in lieu thereof " (B) in the case of a project for television facilities, 
76 Stat. 65. 
47 use 392. 
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[81 STAT. 
the State noncommercial educational television agency or, in the 
case of a project for radio facilities, the State educational radio 
agency,"; 
(3) inserting "(i) in the case of a project for television facil-
ities," after " ( D ) " and "noncommercial" before "educational" 
in paragraph (1) (D) and by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end of such paragraph ", or (ii) in the case of a project for 
radio facilities, a nonprofit foundation, corporation, or association 
which is organized primarily to engage in or encourag;e non-
commercial educational radio broadcasting and is eligible to 
receive a license from the Federal Communications Commission; 
or meets the requirements of clause (i) and is also organized to 
engage in or encourage such radio broadcasting and is eligible for 
such a license for such a radio station"; 
(4) striking out "or" immediately preceding " ( D ) " in para-
graph (1), and by striking out the semicolon at the end of such 
paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", or (E) a 
municipality which owns and operates a broadcasting facility 
transmitting only noncommercial programs;"; 
(5) striking out "television" in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of 
such subsection; 
(6) striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (3), striking 
out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "; and", and inserting after paragraph (4) the following 
new paragraph: 
"(5) that, in the case of an application with respect to radio 
broadcasting facilities, there has been comprehensive planning for 
educational broadcasting facilities and services in the area the 
applicant proposes to serve and the applicant has particij)ated in 
such planning, and the applicant will make the most efficient use 
of the frequency assignment." 
(c) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by inserting "(1)" 
after "(c)" and "noncommercial" before "educational television broad-
casting facilities", and by inserting at the end thereof the following 
new paragraph: 
" (2) In order to assure proper coordination of construction of non-
commercial educational radio broadcasting facilities within each State 
which has established a State educational radio agency, each applicant 
for a grant under this section for a project for construction of such 
facilities in such State, other than such agency, shall notify such agency 
of each application for such a grant which is submitted by it to the 
Secretary, and the Secretary shall advise such agency with respect to 
the disposition of each such application." 
(d) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by inserting "non-
commercial" before "educational television" and inserting "or noncom-
mercial educational radio broadcasting facilities, as the case may be," 
after "educational television broadcasting facilities" in clauses (2) 
and (3). 
(e) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by inserting "or 
radio" after "television" in the part thereof which precedes paragraph 
(1),, by inserting "noncommercial" before "educational television pur-
poses" in paragraph (2) thereof, and by inserting "or noncommercial 
educational radio purposes, as the case may be" after "educational tele-
vision purposes" in such paragraph (2). 
(f) (1) Paragraph (2) of section 394 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 394) is 
amended by inserting "or educational radio broadcasting facilities" 
after "educational television broadcasting facilities," and by inserting 
"or radio broadcasting, as the case may be" after "necessary for tele-
vision broadcasting". 
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76 Stat. 67. 
47 use 394. 
(2) Paragraph (4) of such section is amended by striking out "The 
term 'State educational television agency' means" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "The terms 'State educational television ag:ency' and 'State 
educational radio agency' meauj with respect to television broadcasting 
and radio broadcasting, respectively," and by striking out "educational 
Television" in clauses (A) and (C) and inserting in lieu thereof "such 
broadcasting". 
(g) Section 397 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 397) is amended by insert-
ing "or radio" after "television" in clause (2). 
FEDERAL SHARE OF COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 104. Subsection (e) of section 392 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 392 (e)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) Upon approving any application under this section with 
respect to any project, the Secretary shall make a grant to the appli-
cant in the amount determined by him, but not exceeding 75 per 
centum of the amount determined by the Secretary to be the reasonable 
and necessary cost of such project. The Secretary shall pay such 
amount from the sum available therefor, in advance or by way of reim-
bursement, and in such installments consistent w4th construction 
progress, as he may determine." 
INCLUSION o r TERRITORIES 
SEC. 105. (a) Paragraph (1) of section 394 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 is amended by striking out "and" and inserting a comma 
in lieu thereof, and by inserting before the period at the end thereof ", 
the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands". 
(b) Paragraph (4) of such section is amended by inserting "and, in 
the case of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, means the High 
Commissioner thereof" before the period at the end thereof. 
I N C L U S I O N OF COSTS OF PLANNING 
SEC. 106. Paragraph (2) of section 394 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the follow-
ing : "In the case of apparatus the acquisition and installation of which 
is so included, such term also includes planning therefor." 
TITLE 
II—ESTABLISHMENT OF NONPROFIT 
EDUCA-
TIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 201. Part IV of title I I I of the Communications Act of 1934 ^7 use 390-397. 
is further amended by— 
(1) inserting 
SUBPART A—GRANTS FOR FACILITIES 
immediately above the heading of section 390; 
(2) striking out "part" and inserting in lieu thereof "subpart" 
in sections 390, 393, 395, and 396; 
(3) redesignating section 397 as section 398, and redesi^ating 
section 394 as section 397 and inserting it before such section 398, 
and inserting immediately above its heading the following: 
"SUBPART C—GENERAL" 
(4) redesignating section 396 as section 394 and inserting it 
immediately after section 393 ; 
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[81 STAT. 
Ante, 
p. 367. 
"Corporation. 
"Noncom-
mercial educa-
tional broadcast 
station." 
"Interconnec-
tion." 
"Educational 
television or 
radio pro-
grams." 
(5) inserting after "broadcasting" the first time it appears in 
clause (2) of the section of such part IV redesignated herein as 
section 398 ", or over the Corporation or any of its grantees or 
contractors, or over the charter or bylaws of the Corporation,". 
(6) inserting in the section of such part IV lierein redesignated 
as section 397 the following new paragraphs: 
"(6) The term 'Corporation' means the Corporation authorized to 
be established by subpart B of this part. 
"(7) The term 'noncommercial educational broadcast station' means 
a television or radio broadcast station, which (A) under the rules and 
regulations of the Federal Communications Commission in effect on 
the date of enactment of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, is eli-
gible to be licensed or is licensed by the Commission as a noncommercial 
educational radio or television broadcast station and which is owned 
and operated by a public agency or nonprofit private foundation, cor-
poration, or association or (B) is owned and operated by a munici-
pality and which transmits only noncommercial programs 
for 
educational purposes. 
"(8) The term 'interconnection' means the use of microwave equip-
ment, boosters, translators, repeaters, communication space satellites, 
or other apparatus or equipment for the transmission and distribution 
of television or radio programs to noncommercial educatio^nal television 
or radio broadcast stations. 
" (9) The term 'educational television or radio programs' means pro-
grams which are primarily designed for educational or cultural 
purposes." 
(7) striking out the heading of such part IV and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: 
"PART IV—GRANTS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING 
FACILITIES ; CORPORATION EOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING" 
(8) inserting immediately after the section herein redesignated 
as section 398 the following: 
"EDITORIALIZING AND SUPPORT OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES PROHIBITED 
"SEC. 399. No noncommercial educational broadcasting station may 
eng:age in editorializing or may support or oppose any candidate for 
political office." 
(9) inserting after section 395 the following new subpart: 
"SUBPART B—CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
"Congressional Declaration of Policy 
"SEC. 396. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares— 
" (1) that it is in the public interest to encourage the growth and 
development of noncommercial educational radio and television 
broadcasting, including the use of such media for instructional 
purposes; 
"(2) that expansion and development of noncommercial edu-
cational radio and television broadcasting and of diversity of its 
programing depend on freedom, imagination, and initiative on 
both the local and national levels; 
"(3) that the encouragement and support of noncommercial 
educational radio and television broadcasting, while matters of 
importance for private and local development, are also of appro-
priate and important concern to the Federal Government; 
"(4) that it furthers the general welfare to encourage noncom-
mercial educational radio and television broadcast programing 
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which will be responsive to the interests of people both in par-
ticular localities and throughout the United States, and which 
will constitute an expression of diversity and excellence; 
"(5) that it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Gov-
ernment to complement, assist, and support a national policy that 
will most ett'ectively make noncommercial educati(mal radio and 
television service available to all the citizens of the United States; 
"(6) that a private corporation should be created to facilitate 
the development of educational radio and television broadcasting 
and to ail'ord maximum protection to such broadcasting from 
extraneous interference and control. 
"Corporation Established 
•'(b) There is authorized to be established a nonprofit corporation, 
to be known as the 'Corporation for Public Broadcasting', which will 
not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. 
The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this section, and, 
to the extent consistent with this section, to the District of Columbia 
Xonprofit Corporation Act. 
76 stat. 265. 
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D.C. Code 
"Board of Directors 
29-1001, 
"(c) (1) Tlie Corporation shall have a Board of Directors (herein-
after in this section referred to as the 'Board'), consisting of fifteen 
members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. Not more than eight members of the Board may be 
members of the same political party. 
"(2) The members of the Board (A) shall be selected from among 
citizens of the United States (not regular fulltiine employees of the 
United States) who are eminent hi such fields as education, cultural 
and civic affairs, or the arts, including radio and television; (B) shall 
be selected so as to provide as nearly as practicable a broad represen-
tation of various regions of the country, various professions and occu-
jjations, and various kinds of talent and experience appropriate to the 
functions and responsibilities of tlie Corporation. 
"(3) The members of the initial Board of Directors shall serve as 
incorporators and shall take whatever actions are necessary to establish 
the Corporation under tlie District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation 
Act. 
"(4) The term of office of each member of the Board shall be six 
^^'•'" °^ office. 
years; except that (A) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur-
ring prior to the expiratdon of the term for which his predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and 
(B) tlie terms of office of members first taking office shall begin on the 
date of incorporation and shall expire, as designated at the time of their 
appointment, five at the end of two years, five at the end of four years, 
and five at the end of six yeare. No member shall be eligible to serve in 
excess of two consecutive terms of six years each. Notwithstanding the 
preceding provisions of this paragraph, a member whose term has 
expired may serve until his successor has qualified. 
"(5) Any vacancy in the Board shall not affect its power, but shall 
be filled in the manner in which the original appointments were made. 
"Election of Chairman; Compensation 
"(d)(1) The President shall designate one of the members first 
appointed to the Board as Chairman; thereafter the members of the 
Board shall annually elect one of their number as Chairman. The 
members of the Board shall also elect one or more of them as a Vice 
Chairman or Vice Chairmen. 
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[81 STAT. 
"(2) The members of the Board shall not, by reason of such mem-
bership, be deemed to be employees of the L^nited States. They shall, 
while attending meetings of the Board or while engaged in duties 
related to such meetings or in other activities of the Board pursuant 
to this subpart be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $100 
per day including travel time, and while away from their homes or 
regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, equal to that authorized by law 
80 Stat. 499. 
('5 XJ.S.C. 5703) for persons in the Government service employed inter-
mittently. 
"Officers and Employees 
"(e)(1) The Corporation shall have a President, and such other 
officers as may be named and appointed by the Board for terms and at 
rates of compensation fixed by the Board. Xo individual other than a 
citizen of the Ignited States may be an officer of the Corporation. No 
officer of the Corporation, other than the Chairman and any Vice 
Chairman, may receive any salary or other compensation from any 
source other than the Corporation during the period of his employ-
ment by the Corporation. All officers shall serve at the pleasure of the 
Board. 
" (2) Except as provided in the second sentence of subsection (c) (1) 
of this section, no political test or qualification shall be used in select-
ing, appointing, promoting, or taking other personnel actions with 
respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Corporation. 
"Nonprofit and Nonpolitical Nature of the Corporation 
" (f) (1) The Corporation shall have no power to issue any shares of 
stock, or to declare or pay any dividends. 
"(2) No part of the income or assets of the Corporation shall inure 
to the benefit of any director, officer, employee, or any other individual 
except as salary or reasonable compensation for services. 
"(3) The Corporation may not contribute to or otherwise support 
any political party or candidate for elective public office. 
"Purposes and Activities of the Corporation 
"(g)(1) In order to achieve the objectives and to carry out the 
jmrposes of this subpa,rt, as set out in subsection (a), the Corpora-
tion is authorized to— 
"(A) facilitate the full development of educational broad-
casting in which programs of high quality, obtained from diverse 
sources, will be made available to noncommercial educational 
television or radio broadcast stations, with strict adherence to 
objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs 
of a controversial nature; 
"(B) assist in the establishment and development of one or 
more systems of interconnection to be used for the distribution 
of educational television or radio programs so that all noncom-
merical educational television or radio broadcast stations that 
wish to may broadcast the programs at times chosen by the 
stations; 
"(C) assist in the establishment and development of one or 
more systems of noncommercial educational television or radio 
broadcast stations throughout the United States; 
"(D) carry out its purposes and functions and engage in its 
activities in ways that will most effectively assure the maximum 
freedom of the noncommercial educational television or radio 
broadcast systems and local stations from intei'ference with or 
control of program content or other activities. 
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371 
"(2) Included in the activities of the Corporation authorized for 
accomplishment of the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this 
section, are, among others not specifically named— 
" (A) to obtain grants from and to make contracts with individ-
uals and with private. State, and Federal agencies, organizations, 
and institutions; 
"(B) to contract with or make grants to program production 
entities, individuals, and selected noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations for the production of, and otherwise to procure, 
educational television or radio programs for national or regional 
distribution to noncommercial educational broadcast stations; 
"(C) to make payments to existing and new noncommercial 
educational broadcast stations to aid in financing local educational 
television or radio programing costs of such stations, particularly 
innovative approaches thereto, and other costs of operation of 
such stations; 
"(D) to establish and maintain a library and archives of non-
commercial educational television or radio programs and related 
materials and develop public awareness of and disseminate infor-
mation about noncommercial educational television or radio 
broadcasting by various means, including the publication of a 
journal; 
"(E) to arrange, by grant or contract with appropriate public 
or private agencies, organizations, or institutions, for interconnec-
tion facilities suitable for distribution and transmission of edu-
cational television or radio programs to noncommercial edu-
cational broadcast stations; 
"(F) to hire or accept the voluntary services of consultants, 
experts, advisory boards, and panels to aid the Corporation in 
carrying out the purposes of this section; 
"(G) to encourage the creation of new noncommercial educa-
tional broadcast stations in order to enhance such service on a 
local. State, regional, and national basis; 
"(H) conduct 
(directly or through grants or contracts) 
research, demonstrations, or training m matters related to non-
commercial educational television or radio broadcasting. 
"(3) To carry out the foregoing purposes and engage in the fore-
going activities, the Corporation shall have the usual powers conferred 
upon a nonprofit corporation by the District of Columbia Nonprofit 
Corporation Act, except that the Corporation may not own or operate 
any television or radio broadcast station, system, or network, com- 29^ioo"i 
munity antenna television system, or interconnection or program 
production facility. 
"Authorization for Free or Reduced Kate Interconnection Service 
"(h) Nothing in the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or 
in any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent United 
States communications common carriers from rendering free or 
reduced rate communications interconnection services for noncom-
mercial educational television or radio services, subject to such rules 
and regulations as the Federal Communications Commission may 
prescribe. 
"Report to Congress 
"(i) The Corporation shall submit an annual report for the pre-
ceding fiscal year ending June 30 to the President for transmittal to 
the Congress on or before the 31st day of December of each year. The 
report shall include a comprehensive and detailed report of the C'Or-
76 Stat. 265. 
D. C. Code 
48 Stat. 1064. 
47 u s e 609. 
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[81 STAT. 
poration's operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplish-
ments under this section and may include such recommendations as 
the Corporation deems appropriate. 
"Eight To Repeal, Alter, or Amend 
"(j) The right to repeal, alter, or amend this section at any time is 
expressly reserved. 
"Financing 
"(k) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated for expenses of 
the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, the sum of 
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
"(2) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, no 
grant or contract pursuant to this section may provide for payment 
from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, for 
any one project or to any one station of more than $250,000. 
"Records and Audit 
"(1) (1) (A) The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited annu-
ally in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by 
independent certified public accountants or independent licensed pub-
lic accountants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a 
State or other political subdivision of the United States. The audits 
shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts of the 
Corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, financial records, 
reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to 
or in use by the Corporation and necessary to facilitate the audits shall 
be made available to the person or persons conducting the audits; and 
full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities 
held by depositories, fiscal agents and custodians shall be afforded to 
such person or persons. 
"(B) The report of each such independent audit shall be included in 
the annual report required by subsection (i) of this section. The audit 
report shall set forth the scope of the audit and include such state-
ments as are necessary to present fairly the Corporation's assets and 
liabilities, surplus or deficit, Avith an analysis of the changes therein 
during the year, supplemented in reasonable detail by a statement of 
the Corporation's income and expenses during the year, and a state-
ment of the sources and application of funds, together with the 
independent auditor's opinion of those statements. 
G
A
G audit. 
«^2) (A) The financial transactions of the Corporation for any fiscal 
year during which Federal funds are available to finance any portion 
of its operations may be audited by the General Accounting Office in 
accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to com-
mercial corporate transactions and under such rules and regulations as 
may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. 
Any such audit shall be conducted at the place or places where accounts 
of the Corporation are normally kept. The representative of the Gen-
eral Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, 
reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to 
or in use by the Corporation pertaining to its financial transactions 
and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full 
facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held 
by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians. All such books, accounts, 
records, reports, files, papers and property of the Corporation shall 
remain in possession and custody of the Corporation. 
nance and a c c e s s . 
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"(B) A report of each such audit shall be made by the Comj)troller ^^jf^^''^" 
General to the Congress. The report to the Congress shall contain such 
°"^''^^^-
comments and information as the Comptroller General may deern nec-
essarv to inform Congress of the financial operations and condition of 
the Corporation, together with such recommendations with respect 
thereto as he may deem advisable. The report shall also show specifi-
cally any program, expenditure, or other financial transaction or under-
taking observed in the course of the audit, which, in the opinion of the 
Comptroller General, has been carried on or made without authority 
of law. A copy of each report shall be furnished to the President, to the ^^°^l^° P*"^^^" 
Secretary, and to the Corporation at the time submitted to the Congress. 
"(3) (A) Each recipient of assistance by grant or contract, other 
Records, mamte-
than a fixed price contract awarded pursuant to competitive bidding 
procedures, under this section shall keep such records as may be reason-
ably necessary to fully disclose the amount and the disposition by such 
recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project 
or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or 
used, and the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the 
jjroject or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other 
records as will facilitate an effective audit. 
"(B) The Corporation or any of its duly authorized representatives, 
shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any 
books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are perti-
nent to assistance received under this section. The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives 
shall also have access thereto for such purpose during any fiscal year 
for which Federal funds are available to the Corporation." 
TITLE III—STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUC-
TIONAL BROADCASTING 
STUDY AUTHORIZED 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is 
authorized to conduct, directly or by contract, and in consultation 
with other interested Federal agencies, a comprehensive study of 
instructional television and radio (including broadcast, closed cir-
cuit, community antenna television, and instructional television fixed 
services and two-way communication of data links and computers) 
and their relationship to each other and to instructional materials 
such as videotapes, films, discs, computers, and other educational 
materials or devices, and such other aspects thereof as may be of 
assistance in determining whether and what Federal aid should be 
provided for instructional radio and television and the form that 
aid should take, and which may aid communities, institutions, or 
agencies in determining whether and to what extent such activities 
should be used. 
DUKATIOX OF STUDY 
SEC. 302. The study authorized by this title shall be submitted to 
the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before June 30, 
1969. 
APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 303. There are authorized to be appropriated for the study 
authorized by this title such sums, not exceeding $500,000, as may be 
necessary. 
Approved November 7, 1967.