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 102 STAT. 2970

PUBLIC LAW 100-584—NOV. 3, 1988

Public Law 100-584 100th Congress An Act Nov. 3, 1988 [H.R. 2472]

Minorities. Women.

Federal Register, publication. Reports.

Grants. 47 USC 390 note.

Reports.

To provide authorization of appropriations for activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are authorized to be appropriated for activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration $14,718,000 for fiscal year 1988 and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, together with such sums as may be necessary for increases resulting from adjustments in salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits required by law, and other nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989. SEC. 2. (a) The Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (hereinafter referred to as the 'Administrator") shall establish semiannual goals for recruiting and hiring minority members and women to the staff of the Administration. Such goals shall be published in the Federal Register not later than thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) The Administrator shall, not later than September 30, 1988, March 31, 1989, and September 30, 1989, submit a report on the success of the Administration in achieving the goals established under subsection (a) of this section to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. SEC. 3. The Administrator shall enter into discussions with the Federal Communications Commission for the purposes of determining the feasibility of awarding public telecommunications facilities program grants for low-power television stations and television translator stations on a conditional basis pending the award by the Commission of licenses for such stations. The Administrator shall also work with the Commission to establish a schedule for the expedited and coordinated consideration, on a regular basis, of future grant requests and license applications for low-power television stations and television translator stations. The Administrator shall, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the progress made in carrying out the requirements of this section. SEC. 4. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) the Pacific Ocean region is of strategic importance to the United States, and other nations are seeking to establish their influence in this region; (2) the Pacific Basin communities are important economically to the United States, and have sought a close relationship with the United States;

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