An Act to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 with respect to the election of the board of the Communications Satellite Corporation
PL 91-3 (S.17), enacted 03/12/1969

PUBLIC LAW 91-2-FEB. 9, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
February 9, 1969 
[H. J. Res. 414] 
Supplemental 
appropriation, 
1969. 
Public Law 91-2 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making a supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assenibled, That the following sum is 
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to supply a supplemental appropriation for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
Bureau of Employment Security 
For an additional amount for "Unemployment compensation for 
Federal employees and ex-servicemen", $36,000,000. 
Approved February 9, 1969. 
March 12,1969 
[S.17] 
Communications 
Satellite Act of 
1962, amendment. 
76 Stat. 423. 
Board of direc-
tors. 
Public Law 91-3 
AN ACT 
To amend the Comniuiiications Satellite Act of 1962 with respect to the election 
of the board of directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A7nerica in Congress assembled, That subsection 
(a) of section 303 of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 
U.S.C. 733(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 303. (a) The corporation shall have a board of directors con-
sisting of fifteen individuals who are citizens of the United States, of 
whom one shall be elected annually by the board to serve as chairman. 
Three members of the board shall be appointed by the President of 
the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
effective the date on which the other members are electedj and for 
terms of three years or until their successors have been appointed and 
qualified, and any member so appointed to fill a vacancy shall be 
appointed only for the unexpired term of the director whom he suc-
ceeds. The remaining twelve members of the board shall be elected 
annually by the stockholders. Six of such members shall be elected by 
those stockholders who are not communications common carriers, and 
the remaining six such members shall be elected by the stockholders 
who are communications common carriers, except that if the number 
of shares of the voting capital stock of the corporation issued and 
outstanding and owned either directly or indirectly by communica-
tions common carriers as of the record date for the annual meeting of 
stockholders is less than 45 per centum of the total number of shares 
of the voting capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding, 
the number of members to be elected at such meeting by each group 
of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the following 
table: 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-3-IVlAR. 12, 1969 
The number of 
members which 
stockholders 
And the number 
who are 
of members 
When the number of shares of the voting capital stock of 
communications 
which other 
the corporation issued and outstanding and owned either 
common carriers 
stockholders 
directly or indirectly by communications common carriers 
are entitled to 
are entitled to 
is less than— 
But not less than— 
elect shall be— 
elect shall be— 
45 per centum 
40 per centum 
5 
7 
40 per centum 
35percentum 
4 
8 
35percentum 
25percentum 
3 
9 
25percentum. 
ISpercentum 
2 
10 
ISpercentum 
Spercentum 
1 
11 
8 percentum 
0 
12 
No stockholder who is a communications common carrier and no 
trustee for such a stockholder shall vote^ either directly or indirectly, 
through the votes of subsidiaries or affiliated companies, nominees, or 
any persons subject to his direction or control, for more than three 
candidates for membership on the board, except that in the event the 
number of shares of the voting capital stock of the corporation issued 
and outstanding and owned either directly or indirectly by communi-
cations common carriers as of the record date for the annual meeting 
is less than 8 per centum of the total number of shares of the voting 
capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding, any stock-
holder who is a communications common carrier shall be entitled to 
vote at such meeting for candidates for membership on the board in 
the same manner as all other stockholders. Subject to the foregoing 
limitations, the articles of incorporation of the corporation shall pro-
vide for cumulative voting under section 27(d) of the District of 
Columbia Business Corporation Act (D.C. Code, sec. 29-911 (d)). 
^s stat. 191. 
The articles of incorporation of the corporation may be amended, 
altered, changed, or repealed by a vote of not less than 66% per centum 
of the outstanding shares of the voting capital stock of the corporation 
owned by stockholders w^ho are communications common carriers and 
by stockholders who are not communications common carriers, vot-
ing together, if such vote complies with all other requirements of this 
Act and of the articles of incorporation of the corporation with respect 
to the amendment, alteration, change, or repeal of such articles. The 
corporation may adopt such bylaws as shall, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of section 36 of the District of Columbia Business Corporation 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 29-916d), provide for the continued ability of the 
^s stat. 193. 
board to transact business under such circumstances of national emer-
gency as the President of the United States, or the officer designated 
by him, may determine, aft^er February 18, 1969, would not permit a 
prompt meeting of a majority of the board to transact business." 
SEC. 2. As promptly as the board of directors of the Communications 
Satellite Corporation shall determine to be practical after the date 
of the amendinent of this Act, a meeting of the stockholders of the 
corporation shall be called for the purpose of electing twelve members 
of the board in accordance with subsection (a) of section 303 of the 
Communications Satellite Act of 1962 as amended by the first section 
of this Act. The members of the board elected at such meeting shall 
serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their suc-
cessors have been elected and qualified. 
SEC. 3. The status and authority of the members of the board of 
directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation who were 
elected to the board before the date of the enactment of this Act ancl 
who are serving as members of the board on such date shall not be in 
any way impaired or affected until their successors have been electecl 
and qualified in accordance with section 2 of this Act. 
Approved March 12, 1969.