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 PUBLIC LAW 101-437—OCT. 17, 1990 104 STAT. 997 10.5 minutes per hour on weekends and not more than 12 minutes per hour on weekdays. (c) After January 1, 1993, the Commission— (1) may review and evaluate the advertising duration limitations required by subsection (b); and (2) may, after notice and public comment and a demonstration of the need for modification of such limitations, modify such limitations in accordance with the public interest. (d) As used in this section, the term "commercial television broadcast licensee" includes a cable operator, as defined in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 522). CONSIDERATION OF CHILDREN S TELEVISION SERVICE IN BROADCAST LICENSE RENEWAL SEC. 103. (a) After the standards required by section 102 are in effect, the Commission shall, in its review of any application for renewal of a television broadcast license, consider the extent to which the licensee— (1) has complied with such standards; and (2) has served the educational and informational needs of children through the licensee's overall programming, including programming specifically designed to serve such needs. (b) In addition to consideration of the licensee's programming as required under subsection (a), the Commission may consider— (1) any special nonbroadcast efforts by the licensee which enhance the educational and informational value of such programming to children; and (2) any special efforts by the licensee to produce or support programming broadcast by another station in the licensee's marketplace which is specifically designed to serve the educational and informational needs of children. 47 USC 303b. PROGRAM LENGTH COMMERCIAL MATTER SEC. 104. Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete the proceeding known as "Revision of Programming and Commercialization Policies, Ascertainment Requirements and Program Log Requirements for Commercial Television Stations", MM Docket No. 83 -670. TITLE n—ENDOWMENT FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SHORT TITLE SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "National Endowment for Children's Educational Television Act of 1990". National Endowment for Children's Educational Television Act of 1990. 47 USC 609 note. FINDINGS SEC. 202. The Congress finds that— (1) children in the United States are lagging behind those in other countries in fundamental intellectual skills, including reading, writing, mathematics, science, and geography; (2) these fundamental skills are essential for the future governmental and industrial leadership of the United States; 47 USC 394 note.

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