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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Retirement Security for Life Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR LIFETIME ANNUITY PAYMENTS.

(a) Lifetime Annuity Payments Under Annuity Contracts.--Section
72(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exclusion
ratio) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(5) Exclusion for lifetime annuity payments.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of lifetime annuity
payments received under one or more annuity contracts
in any taxable year, gross income shall not include 50
percent of the portion of lifetime annuity payments
otherwise includible (without regard to this paragraph)
in gross income under this section. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the amount excludible from gross
income in any taxable year shall not exceed $20,000.
''(B) Cost-of-living adjustment.--In the case of
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, the
$20,000 amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased
by an amount equal to--
''(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
''(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
determined under section 1(f)(3) for the
calendar year in which the taxable year begins,
determined by substituting 'calendar year 2004'
for 'calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B)
thereof.
If any amount as increased under the preceding sentence
is not a multiple of $500, such amount shall be rounded
to the next lower multiple of $500.
''(C) Application of paragraph.--Subparagraph (A)
shall not apply to--
''(i) any amount received under an eligible
deferred compensation plan (as defined in
section 457(b)) or under a qualified retirement
plan (as defined in section 4974(c)),
''(ii) any amount paid under an annuity
contract that is received by the beneficiary
under the contract--
''(I) after the death of the
annuitant in the case of payments
described in subsection
(c)(5)(A)(ii)(III), unless the
beneficiary is the surviving spouse of
the annuitant, or
''(II) after the death of the
annuitant and joint annuitant in the
case of payments described in
subsection (c)(5)(A)(ii)(IV), unless
the beneficiary is the surviving spouse
of the last to die of the annuitant and
the joint annuitant, or
''(iii) any annuity contract that is a
qualified funding asset (as defined in section
130(d)), but without regard to whether there is
a qualified assignment.
''(D) Investment in the contract.--For purposes of
this section, the investment in the contract shall be
determined without regard to this paragraph.''.
(b) Definitions.--Subsection (c) of section 72 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(5) Lifetime annuity payment.--
''(A) In general.--For purposes of subsection
(b)(5), the term 'lifetime annuity payment' means any
amount received as an annuity under any portion of an
annuity contract, but only if--
''(i) the only person (or persons in the
case of payments described in subclause (II) or
(IV) of clause (ii)) legally entitled (by
operation of the contract, a trust, or other
legally enforceable means) to receive such
amount during the life of the annuitant or
joint annuitant is such annuitant or joint
annuitant, and
''(ii) such amount is part of a series of
substantially equal periodic payments made not
less frequently than annually over--
''(I) the life of the annuitant,
''(II) the lives of the annuitant
and a joint annuitant, but only if the
annuitant is the spouse of the joint
annuitant as of the annuity starting
date or the difference in age between
the annuitant and joint annuitant is 15
years or less,
''(III) the life of the annuitant
with a minimum period of payments or
with a minimum amount that must be paid
in any event, or
''(IV) the lives of the annuitant
and a joint annuitant with a minimum
period of payments or with a minimum
amount that must be paid in any event,
but only if the annuitant is the spouse
of the joint annuitant as of the
annuity starting date or the difference
in age between the annuitant and joint
annuitant is 15 years or less.
''(iii) Exceptions.--For purposes of clause
(ii), annuity payments shall not fail to be
treated as part of a series of substantially
equal periodic payments--
''(I) because the amount of the
periodic payments may vary in
accordance with investment experience,
reallocations among investment options,
actuarial gains or losses, cost of
living indices, a constant percentage
applied not less frequently than
annually, or similar fluctuating
criteria,
''(II) due to the existence of, or
modification of the duration of, a
provision in the contract permitting a
lump sum withdrawal after the annuity
starting date, or
''(III) because the period between
each such payment is lengthened or
shortened, but only if at all times
such period is no longer than one
calendar year.
''(B) Annuity contract.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A) and subsections (b)(5) and (w), the
term 'annuity contract' means a commercial annuity (as
defined by section 3405(e)(6)), other than an endowment
or life insurance contract.
''(C) Minimum period of payments.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A), the term 'minimum period of payments'
means a guaranteed term of payments that does not
exceed the greater of 10 years or--
''(i) the life expectancy of the annuitant
as of the annuity starting date, in the case of
lifetime annuity payments described in
subparagraph (A)(ii)(III), or
''(ii) the life expectancy of the annuitant
and joint annuitant as of the annuity starting
date, in the case of lifetime annuity payments
described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(IV).
For purposes of this subparagraph, life expectancy
shall be computed with reference to the tables
prescribed by the Secretary under paragraph (3). For
purposes of subsection (w)(1)(C)(ii), the permissible
minimum period of payments shall be determined as of
the annuity starting date and reduced by one for each
subsequent year.
''(D) Minimum amount that must be paid in any
event.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
'minimum amount that must be paid in any event' means
an amount payable to the designated beneficiary under
an annuity contract that is in the nature of a refund
and does not exceed the greater of the amount applied
to produce the lifetime annuity payments under the
contract or the amount, if any, available for
withdrawal under the contract on the date of death.''.
(c) Recapture Tax for Lifetime Annuity Payments.--Section 72 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection
(w) as subsection (x) and by inserting after subsection (v) the
following new subsection:
''(w) Recapture Tax for Modifications to or Reductions in Lifetime
Annuity Payments.--
''(1) In general.--If any amount received under an annuity
contract is excluded from income by reason of subsection (b)(5)
(relating to lifetime annuity payments), and--
''(A) the series of payments under such contract is
subsequently modified so any future payments are not
lifetime annuity payments,
''(B) after the date of receipt of the first
lifetime annuity payment under the contract an
annuitant receives a lump sum and thereafter is to
receive annuity payments in a reduced amount under the
contract, or
''(C) after the date of receipt of the first
lifetime annuity payment under the contract the dollar
amount of any subsequent annuity payment is reduced and
a lump sum is not paid in connection with the
reduction, unless such reduction is--
''(i) due to an event described in
subsection (c)(5)(A)(iii), or
''(ii) due to the addition of, or increase
in, a minimum period of payments within the
meaning of subsection (c)(5)(C) or a minimum
amount that must be paid in any event (within
the meaning of subsection (c)(5)(D)),
then gross income for the first taxable year in which such
modification or reduction occurs shall be increased by the
recapture amount.
''(2) Recapture amount.--
''(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
the recapture amount shall be the amount, determined
under rules prescribed by the Secretary, equal to the
amount that (but for subsection (b)(5)) would have been
includible in the taxpayer's gross income if the
modification or reduction described in paragraph (1)
had been in effect at all times, plus interest for the
deferral period at the underpayment rate established by
section 6621.
''(B) Deferral period.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term 'deferral period' means the period
beginning with the taxable year in which (without
regard to subsection (b)(5)) the payment would have
been includible in gross income and ending with the
taxable year in which the modification described in
paragraph (1) occurs.
''(3) Exceptions to recapture tax.--Paragraph (1) shall not
apply in the case of any modification or reduction that occurs
because an annuitant--
''(A) dies or becomes disabled (within the meaning
of subsection (m)(7)),
''(B) becomes a chronically ill individual within
the meaning of section 7702B(c)(2), or
''(C) encounters hardship.''.
(d) Lifetime Distributions of Life Insurance Death Benefits.--
(1) In general.--Section 101(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to payment of life insurance proceeds at
a date later than death) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
''(4) Exclusion for lifetime annuity payments.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of amounts to which
this subsection applies, gross income shall not include
the lesser of--
''(i) 50 percent of the portion of lifetime
annuity payments otherwise includible in gross
income under this section (determined without
regard to this paragraph), or
''(ii) the amount in effect under section
72(b)(5).
''(B) Rules of section 72(b)(5) to apply.--For
purposes of this paragraph, rules similar to the rules
of section 72(b)(5) and section 72(w) shall apply,
substituting the term 'beneficiary of the life
insurance contract' for the term 'annuitant' wherever
it appears, and substituting the term 'life insurance
contract' for the term 'annuity contract' wherever it
appears.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 101(d)(1) of such Code
is amended by inserting ''or paragraph (4)'' after ''to the
extent not excluded by the preceding sentence''.
(e) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts received in calendar years beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Special rule for existing contracts.--In the case of a
contract in force on the date of the enactment of this Act that
does not satisfy the requirements of section 72(c)(5)(A) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), or
requirements similar to such section 72(c)(5)(A) in the case of
a life insurance contract), any modification to such contract
(including a change in ownership) or to the payments thereunder
that is made to satisfy the requirements of such section (or
similar requirements) shall not result in the recognition of
any gain or loss, any amount being included in gross income, or
any addition to tax that otherwise might result from such
modification, but only if the modification is completed prior
to the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
[A]: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for 50 percent of the amount otherwise includible in gross income as guaranteed payments from certain annuity or life insurance contracts. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $20,000 in any taxable year. Provides for an inflation adjustment of the $20,000 limitation beginning in 2006.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION OF CUSTOMER-SIDE TECHNOLOGY.

(a) Consideration of Impact From Cross-Subsidization of Customer-
Side Technology.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
''(20) Consideration of impact from cross-subsidization of
customer-side technology.--
''(A) Definition of customer-side technology.--In
this paragraph, the term 'customer-side technology'
means a device connected to the electricity
distribution system--
''(i) at, or on the customer side of, the
meter; or
''(ii) that, if owned or operated by, or on
behalf of, an electric utility, would otherwise
be at, or on the customer side of, the meter.
''(B) Consideration.--Each State regulatory
authority (with respect to each electric utility for
which it has ratemaking authority) and each
nonregulated electric utility shall consider, to the
extent a State regulatory authority or nonregulated
electric utility allows rates charged by any electric
utility to include any cost, fee, or charge that
directly or indirectly subsidizes the deployment,
construction, maintenance, or operation of customer-
side technology, whether subsidizing the deployment,
construction, maintenance, or operation of a customer-
side technology would--
''(i) result in benefits predominately
enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side
technology;
''(ii) shift costs of a customer-side
technology to electricity consumers that do not
use the customer-side technology, particularly
in cases in which disparate economic or
resource conditions exist among the electricity
consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side
technology;
''(iii) negatively affect resource
utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability,
or grid security;
''(iv) provide any unfair competitive
advantage to market the customer-side
technology, including an analysis of whether
the State regulatory authority or other State
authority has uncovered any fraudulent
customer-side technology marketing practices
within the State; and
''(v) be necessary to fulfill an obligation
to serve electric consumers.
''(C) Public notice.--At least 90 days before the
date on which a State regulatory authority or
nonregulated electric utility holds a proceeding that
would consider the cross-subsidization of a customer-
side technology, the State regulatory authority or
nonregulated electric utility shall make available to
the public the results of the evaluation conducted
under subparagraph (B).''.
(b) Compliance.--
(1) Time limitations.--Section 112(b) of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
''(7)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with
respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking
authority), and each nonregulated electric utility shall, with
respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of
section 111(d)--
''(i) commence the consideration referred to in
section 111; or
''(ii) set a hearing date for the consideration.
''(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect
to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking
authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall--
''(i) complete the consideration required under
subparagraph (A); and
''(ii) make the determination referred to in
section 111 with respect to the standard established by
paragraph (20) of section 111(d).''.
(2) Failure to comply.--Section 112(c) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ''In the case of
the standard established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d),
the reference contained in this subsection to the date of
enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the
date of enactment of that paragraph.''.
[A]: Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility (entities), to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would: result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology; shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers that do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or resource conditions exist among the electricity consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side technology; negatively affect resource utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability, or grid security; give any unfair competitive advantage to market the customer-side technology, including an analysis of whether a state regulatory authority has uncovered fraudulent customer-side technology marketing practices; and be necessary to fulfill an obligation to serve electric consumers. The bill sets deadlines within which the entities must set a hearing date to consider and subsequently determine the subsidization of customer-side technology.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Equitable Communication Site Fee Act
of 1994''.

SEC. 2. RADIO AND TELEVISION USE FEE.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 510 and 511 as sections 511
and 512, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 509, the following new
section 510:

''SEC. 510. USE FEES FOR USERS OF COMMUNICATIONS SITES ON PUBLIC LANDS.

''(a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
''(1) the term 'ADI TV households' means the area of
dominant influence for television, an exclusive geographic area
based on measurable television viewing patterns, as described
in section 73.3555(e)(3)(i) of title 47, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any succeeding regulation;
''(2) the term 'commercial mobile radio communications
site' means a multipurpose communications site that is--
''(A) operated for profit;
''(B) operated by a site owner, manager, or
permittee who leases space to a variety of users,
including individuals and businesses of all sizes, for
the purpose of providing--
''(i) land mobile radio communications
services;
''(ii) paging services;
''(iii) cellular telephone services;
''(iv) private or commercial mobile
services;
''(v) radio or television broadcasting
services;
''(vi) microwave transmissions; and
''(vii) satellite receiver stations; and
other related and compatible users and
services; and
''(C) is located on a site managed by either the
United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land
Management under the terms of a lease, permit, or
right-of-way;
''(3) the term 'FM translator station' means a station in
the broadcast service operated for the purpose of
retransmitting the signals of an FM radio broadcast station or
another FM broadcast translator station without significantly
altering any characteristic of the incoming signal other than
its frequency and amplitude, for the purpose of providing FM
broadcast service to the general public;
''(4) the term 'holder' means an individual, partnership,
corporation, association, or other business entity, and any
Federal, State, or governmental entity that has applied for,
and received, a site use authorization;
''(5) the term 'MSA population' means the metropolitan
market survey area for radio in an exclusive geographic area
based on measurable listening patterns;
''(6) the term 'private radio communication site' means a
communications site that--
''(A) is operated by an entity to provide internal
telecommunications capabilities;
''(B) is operated by an individual, industry, or
other entity with private telecommunications service
requirements;
''(C) provides land mobile, aeronautical, maritime,
microwave, or satellite radio services; and
''(D) is located on a site managed by either the
National Forest Service or the Bureau of Land
Management under the terms of a lease, permit, or
right-of-way;
''(7) the term 'radio broadcast communications site' means
a site on which is located a commercial broadcast station
that--
''(A) is licensed for the dissemination of aural
communications intended to be received by the general
public;
''(B) is operated on a channel in either--
''(i) the AM broadcast band of frequencies,
which extends from 535 to 1705 kHz; or
''(ii) the FM broadcast band, which extends
from 88 to 108 MHz;
''(C) is located on a site managed by either the
United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land
Management under the terms of a lease, permit, or
right-of-way; and
''(D) does not include the operation of--
''(i) FM translators;
''(ii) FM boosters;
''(iii) AM synchronous transmitters; or
''(iv) passive repeaters that operate
pursuant to part 74 of title 47, Code of
Federal Regulations, or succeeding regulation;
''(8) the term 'Secretaries' means the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior;
''(9) the term 'site use authorization' means a permit,
term permit, lease, easement, or right-of-way that authorizes
occupancy, use, rights, or privileges on public land for the
transmission or reception of radio, television, telephone,
telegraph, and other electronic signals and other means of
communication;
''(10) the term 'television broadcast communications site'
means a site on which is located a commercial broadcast station
that--
''(A) is licensed for the transmission of
simultaneous visual and aural signals intended to be
received by the general public;
''(B) is operated on a channel in the television
broadcast band, which extends from 54 to 806 MHz;
''(C) is located on a site managed by either the
United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land
Management under the terms of a lease, permit, or
right-of-way; and
''(D) does not include the operation of--
''(i) low power television stations;
''(ii) UHF or VHF television translator
stations; or
''(iii) passive repeaters that operate
pursuant to part 74 of title 47, Code of
Federal Regulations, or succeeding regulation;
and
''(11) the term 'television translator station' means a
station in the broadcast service operated on a VHF or UHF
channel for the purpose of retransmitting the programs and
signals of a television broadcast station, without
significantly altering any characteristic of the original
signal other than its frequency and amplitude, for the purpose
of providing television reception to the general public.
''(b) Broadcast Communications Sites.--
''(1) Establishment of fee.--The Secretary of Agriculture,
with respect to National Forest System land administered by the
Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect
to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management,
shall establish and collect an annual fee for the use of radio
and television communications sites and commercial mobile radio
communications sites located on public lands in accordance with
the following fee schedules:
''(A) Television and radio broadcast communications
sites.--

''Television Rental Fee Schedule
------------------------------------------------------------------------
''ADI TV Households (Rank) Rental Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-10 $42,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11-30 21,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
31-70 10,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
71-120 5,250
------------------------------------------------------------------------
121-210 2,625
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Non-ADI 2,500.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

''Radio Rental Fee Schedule
------------------------------------------------------------------------
''MSA Population (Rank) Radio Rental Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-10 $29,400
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11-30 14,700
------------------------------------------------------------------------
31-90 7,350
------------------------------------------------------------------------
91-160 3,675
------------------------------------------------------------------------
161-261 1,838
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unrated 1,500.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

''(B) Commercial mobile radio communications
sites.--

''Nonbroadcast Fee Schedule
------------------------------------------------------------------------
''Population Served Rental Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,000,000+ $12,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
500,000-999,999 5,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
250,000-499,999 3,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
150,000-249,999 2,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
75,000-149,999 1,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
30,000-74,999 500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
29,999 and fewer 300.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

''(2) Annual review.--The fees established under this
section shall be reviewed annually by the Forest Service and
the Bureau of Land Management.
''(3) Adjustment.--
''(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and
(C), the fee established under this section shall be
adjusted annually to reflect changes in the Consumer
Price Index published by the Department of Labor.
''(B) Limitations.--
''(i) The fee charged for a television or
radio broadcast communications site for any
given year shall not increase less than 3
percent or more than 5 percent of the fee
charged to the holder in the preceding year.
''(ii) The fee charged for a commercial
mobile radio communications site for any given
year shall not increase less than 1 percent or
more than 3 percent of the fee charged to the
holder in the preceding year.
''(C) Notice.--Not later than 60 days before the
effective date of an adjustment under this paragraph,
the Secretaries shall transmit to Congress notice of
such adjustment.
''(4) Limitation on fee.--During the first year in which
the schedule established pursuant to paragraph (1) is in
effect, if the amount of the fee charged for a holder pursuant
to the schedule is--
''(A) greater than the amount that the holder paid
for the use of the site on January 1, 1993, plus
$1,000, the holder shall pay an amount equal to the sum
of--
''(i) the amount the holder paid for the
use of the site on January 1, 1993; and
''(ii) $1,000; or
''(B) less than the amount the holder paid for the
use of the site on January 1, 1993, the holder shall
pay the greater amount until such time as the fee
charged under the schedule equals or exceeds the amount
charged on January 1, 1993.
''(5) Additional users.--In the case of a television or
radio communications site--
''(A) if a holder is permitted under the terms of
the site use authorization to grant access to the site
to users other than the holder, the Secretary concerned
shall charge an annual fee in an amount equal to 25
percent of the gross income the holder receives from
additional users during each year;
''(B) each site use authorization shall require the
holder to provide to the Secretary concerned a
certified list identifying all additional users of the
site and gross revenues received from each additional
user; and
''(C) additional users shall not be required to
obtain separate authorization to use the site.
''(6) Translator stations.--The Secretary of the Interior,
with respect to public lands administered by each of its
internal bureaus, including the Bureau of Land Management,
shall establish and collect an annual fee for the use of
television translator stations and FM translator stations
located on public lands, in accordance with the regulations
governing the collection of such fees on National Forest System
land administered by the National Forest Service of the
Department of Agriculture.
''(7) Regulations.--The Secretaries shall promulgate and
implement appropriate regulations to carry out this section.
The regulations shall implement consistent policies and
procedures between the Department of Agriculture and the
Department of the Interior.
''(8) Advisory groups.--
''(A) Establishment.--Not later than 10 years after
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretaries
shall establish a broad-based advisory group for each
of--
''(i) the television and radio broadcast
industries; and
''(ii) the commercial mobile radio
industry.
''(B) Members.--The members of each advisory group
shall include representatives from the relevant
communications industries.
''(C) Duties.--The advisory groups shall review the
fee schedule and other criteria for determining fair
market value for the use of communications sites on
public land.
''(D) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
on which the advisory groups are established under this
paragraph, the advisory groups shall report their
findings to Congress.
''(c) Advisory Committee for Private Radio Communications Site
Users.--
''(1) Establishment.--The Chief Forester of the National
Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management shall jointly establish a broad-based advisory
committee. The advisory committee shall be comprised of an
equal number of representatives from--
''(A) private radio communications site users from
public and private communications sites;
''(B) the National Forest Service; and
''(C) the Bureau of Land Management.
''(2) Duties.--The advisory committee shall--
''(A) review recommendations for acceptable
criteria for determining fair market values and next
best alternative uses;
''(B) review existing methodology for determining
fair market value and next best alternative uses;
''(C) assess the validity of the methodology,
taking into account all reasonable alternatives; and
''(D) evaluate and recommend appropriate fee
waivers or discounts for public services by
communications site users who provide for the public
convenience, interest, and necessity, as required for
licensing under the Communications Act of 1934.
''(3) Report.--Not later than 8 months after the date of
enactment of the Equitable Communication Site Fee Act of 1994,
the advisory committee shall report its finding to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.''.
[A]:
Equitable Communication Site Fee Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish and collect annual fees for the use of radio, television, and commercial mobile radio communications sites located on public lands. Sets forth fee schedules, with required annual fee review by the National Forest Service (Service) and the Bureau of Land Management (Bureau), and provides for annual fee adjustments, with limitations. Requires additional fees for additional site users.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and collect an annual fee for the use of television translator stations and FM translator stations located on public lands.
Directs the: (1) Secretaries to establish an advisory group for each of the television, radio, and commercial mobile radio industries to determine the fair market value for the use of communications sites on public lands; and (2) Chief Forester of the Service and the Bureau Director to jointly establish an advisory committee to determine fair market values and next best alternative uses for private radio communications site users from public and private communications sites. Requires reports from each of the advisory committees.