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Interconnection Service

(h) 190 (1) Nothing in this Act, 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 public television or radio services, subject to such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe.

(2) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by public telecommunications entities receiving space satellite interconnection facilities or services purchased or arranged for, in whole or in part, with funds authorized under this part, other public telecommunications entities shall have reasonable access to such facilities or services for the distribution of educational and cultural programs to public telecommunications entities. Any remaining capacity shall be made available to other persons for the transmission of noncommercial educational and cultural programs and program information relating to such programs, to public telecommunications entities, at a charge or charges comparable to the charge or charges, if any, imposed upon a public telecommunciations entity for the distribution of noncommercial educational and cultural programs to public telecommunications entities. No such person shall be denied such access whenever sufficient capacity is available.

Report to Congress

(i) 191 (1) The Corporation shall submit an annual report for the preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before the 15th day of May of each year. The report shall include

(A) a comprehensive and detailed report of the Corporation's operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this subpart and such recommendations as the Corporation deems appropriate;

190 Section 396(h) was amended to read as above by Public Law 95-567, approved November 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2405, 2414. Prior section 396(h) read as follows:

AUTHORIZATION FOR FREE OR REDUCED RATE 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 noncommercial educational television or radio services, subject to such rules and regulations as the Federal Communications Commission may prescribe.

191 Section 396(i)(1) was amended by Public Law 97-35, approved August 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 357, 727, by changing "February" to "May." Previously, section 396(i) was amended by Public Law 95-567, approved November 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2405, 2415. This section was also previously amended by Public Law 94-192, approved December 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1100. Prior section 396(i) read as follows:

REPORT TO CONGRESS

(i) The Corporation shall submit an annual report for the preceding 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 Corporation's operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this section and may include such recommendations as the Corporation deems appropriate. The officers and directors of the Corporation shall be available to testify before appropriation committees of the Congress with respect to such report, the report of any audit made by the Comptroller General pursuant to subsection 396(1), or any other matter which any such committee may determine.

(B) a comprehensive and detailed inventory of funds distributed by Federal agencies to public telecommunications entities during the preceding fiscal year; and

(C) the summary of the annual report provided to the Secretary pursuant to section 398(b)(4).

(2) The officers and directors of the Corporation shall be available to testify before appropriate committees of the Congress with respect to such report, the report of any audit made by the Comptroller General pursuant to subsection (1), or any other matter which such committees may determine.

Right to Repeal, Alter, or Amend

(j) The right to repeal, alter, or amend this section at any time is expressly reserved.

Financing; Open Meetings and Financial Records

(k) 192 (1XA) There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Public Broadcasting Fund (hereinafter

192 Paragraph (1) originally provided for $9,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. It was extended to June 30, 1969 by Public Law 90-294, approved April 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 108; $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1970 by Public Law 91-97, approved October 27, 1969, 83 Stat. 146; $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1971 and 1972 by Public Law 91-437, approved October 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 888; and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 by Public Law 92-411, approved August 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 643. $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 were included in Public Law 93-84, approved August 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 219.

Paragraph (2) was amended to read as above by Public Law 93-84, approved August 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 219. It originally read as follows:

(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.

These provisions were extended through fiscal year 1969 by Public Law 90-294, approved April 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 108; and extended through fiscal year 1970 by Public Law 91-97, approved October 27, 1969, 83 Stat. 146. The present language of paragraph (2) was adopted by Public Law 91-437, approved October 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 888 for fiscal years 1970, 1971, and 1972 and extended through fiscal year 1973 by Public Law 92-411, approved August 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 643.

Section 396(k) was further amended to read as above by Public Law 95-567, approved November 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2405, 2415-19. Prior paragraphs (3) through (7) were added by Public Law 94-192, approved December 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1099. Prior section 396(k) read, in its entirety, as follows:

FINANCING

(kX1) There is authorized to be appropriated for expenses of the Corporation $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. (2) In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated for payment to the Corporation for each fiscal year during the period July 1, 1970, to June 30, 1975, amounts equal to the amount of total grants, donations, bequests, or other contributions (including money and the fair market value of any property) from non-Federal sources received by the Corporation under section 396(g)2XA) of this Act during such fiscal year; except that the amount appropriated pursuant to this paragraph for any fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000.

(3) There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund which shall be known as the 'Public Broadcasting Fund' administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. There are authorized to be appropriated to such funds for each of the fiscal years during the period beginning July 1, 1975, and ending September 30, 1980, an amount equal to 40 per centum of the total amount of nonFederal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, and for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, an amount equal to 10 per centum of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; except that the amount so appropriated shall not exceed $88,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; $22,000,000 for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976; $103,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $121,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; and $160,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980.

(4) The funds authorized by this subsection shall be used solely for the expenses of the Corporation. The Corporation shall determine the amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during each of the fiscal years indicated in paragraph (3) of this subsection for the purpose of determining the amount of each authorization, and shall certify such amount to the Secretary of the Treasury. Upon receipt of such certification, the Secretary of the Treasury shall disburse to the Corporation, from such funds as may be appropriated to the Public Broadcasting Fund, the amount authorized for each of the fiscal years and for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.

(5) The Corporation shall reserve for distribution among the licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are on-the-air an amount equal to not less than 40 per centum of the funds disbursed to the Corporation from the Public Broadcasting Fund during the period July 1, 1975, through September 30, 1976, and in each fiscal year in which the amount disbursed is $88,000,000 or more, but less than $121,000,000; not less than 45 per centum in each fiscal year in which the amount disbursed is $121,000,000 or more, but less than $160,000,000; and not less than 50 per centum in each fiscal year in which the amount disbursed is $160,000,000.

(6) The Corporation shall, after consultation with licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are on-the-air, establish, and review annually, criteria and conditions regarding the distribution of funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (5) of this subsection, as set forth below:

(A) The total amount of funds shall be divided into two portions, one to be distributed among radio stations, and one to be distributed among television stations. The Corporation shall make a Continued

in this subsection referred to as the "Fund"), to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(B) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund, for each of the fiscal years 1978, 1979 and 1980, an amount equal to 40 percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, except that the amount so appropriated shall not exceed $121,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $140,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $160,000,000 for fiscal year 1980.

(C) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund, for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, except that the amount so appropriated shall not exceed $180,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $220,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, $145,000,000 for fiscal year 1984, $153,000,000 for fiscal year 1985, $162,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, $214,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, $238,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, and $254,000,000 for fiscal year 1990.

(D) Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.

(2)(A) The funds authorized to be appropriated by this subsection shall be used by the Corporation, in a prudent and financially responsible manner, solely for its grants, contracts, and administrative costs, except that the Corporation may not use any funds appropriated under this subpart for purposes of conducting any reception, or providing any other entertainment, for any officer or employee of the Federal Government or any State or local government. The Corporation shall determine the amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during each of the fiscal years referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose of determining the amount of each authorization, and shall certify such amount to the Secretary of the Treasury, except that the Cor

basic grant from the portion reserved for television stations to each licensee and permittee of a noncommercial educational television station that is on-the-air. The balance of the portion reserved for television stations and the total portion reserved for radio stations shall be distributed to licensees and permittees of such stations in accordance with eligibility criteria that promote the public interest in noncommercial educational broadcasting, and on the basis of a formula designed to

(i) provide for the financial need and requirements of stations in relation to the communities and audiences such stations undertake to serve;

(ii) maintain existing, and stimulate new sources of non-Federal financial support for stations by providing incentives for increases in such support; and

(iii) assure that each eligible licensee and permittee of a noncommercial educational radio station receives a basic grant.

(B) No distribution of funds pursuant to this subsection shall exceed, in any fiscal year, onehalf of a licensee's or permittee's total non-Federal financial support during the fiscal year second preceding the fiscal year in which such distribution is made.

(7) Funds distributed pursuant to this subsection may be used at the discretion of stations for purposes related to the provision of educational television and radio programing, including but not limited to the following: producing, acquiring, broadcasting, or otherwise disseminating educational television or radio programs; procuring national or regional program distribution services that make educational television or radio programs available for broadcast or other dissemination at times chosen by stations; acquiring, replacing, and maintaining facilities, and real property used with facilities for the production, broadcast, or other dissemination of educational television and radio programs; developing and using nonbroadcast communications technologies for educational television or radio programing purposes.

poration may include in its certification non-Federal financial support received by a public broadcasting entity during its most recent fiscal year ending before September 30 of the year for which certification is made. Upon receipt of such certification, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Corporation, from such funds as may be appropriated to the Fund, the amount authorized for each of the fiscal years pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 193

(B) Funds appropriated and made available under this subsection shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Treasury on a fiscal year basis. 194

(3)(A)(i) The Corporation shall establish an annual budget for use in allocating amounts from the Fund. Of the amounts appropriated into the Fund available for allocation for any fiscal year

(I) not more than 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the administrative expenses of the Corporation;

(II) not less than 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for other expenses incurred by the Corporation, including capital costs relating to telecomunications satellites, the payment of programming royalties and other fees, and the costs of interconnection facilities and operations (as provided in clause (iv)(I)), except that the total amount available for obligation for any fiscal year under this subclause and subclause (I) shall not exceed 10 percent of the amounts appropriated into the Fund available for allocation for such fiscal year;

(III) 75 percent of the remainder (after allocations are made under subclause (I) and subclause (II)) shall be allocated in accordance with clause (ii)(I); and

(IV) 25 percent of such remainder shall be allocated in accordance with clause (iii).

(ii) of the amounts allocated under clause (i)(III) for any fiscal year

(I) 75 percent of such amounts shall be available for distribution among the licensees and permittees of public television stations pursuant to paragraph (6)(B); and

(II) 25 percent of such amounts shall be available for distribution under subparagraph (B)(i) for public television programing.

(iii) of the amounts allocated under clause (i)(IV) for any fiscal year

(I) not less than 50 percent of such amounts (as determined under paragraph (6)(A)) shall be available for distribution among the licensees and permittees of public radio stations pursuant to paragraph (6)(B); and

(II) not more than 50 percent of such amounts (as determined under paragraph (6)(A)) shall be available for distribution under subparagraph (B)(i) for public radio.

193 Paragraph 396(k)(1)(C) was amended by Public Law 97-35, 95 Stat. 357, 727, Aug. 13, 1981, which added language concerning fiscal years 1984-1986.

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194 Paragraph 396(k)(2)(B) was amended by Public Law 97-35, 95 Stat. 357, 727, Aug. 13, 1981, which changed "quarterly" to "fiscal year" and deleted from the end the following: in such amounts as the Corporation certifies will be necessary to meet its financial obligation in the succeeding quarter."

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