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 PUBLIC LAW 102-356—AUG. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 949 Public Law 102-356 102d Congress An Act To authorize appropriations for public broadcasting, and for other purposes. Aug. 26, 1992 [H.R. 2977] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. Public Telecommunications SHORT TITLE ^*^ °^ ^^^^• SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Tublic Telecommuni- 47 USC 609 note, cations Act of 1992^ PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILrnES AUTHORIZATION SEC. 2. Section 391 of the Conununications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 391) is amended by strildng the first sentence and inserting in Heu thereof the following: '^ere are authorized to be appropriated $42,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994, to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in ihe planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities as provided in this subpart.". SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES SEC. 3. Section 393(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 393(b)(4)) is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end the following: ", including services to underserved audiences such as deaf and hearing impaired individuals and blind and visually impaired individuals". CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATIONS OF POLICY SEC. 4. Section 396(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(a)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (7); (2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10); and (3) by inserting immediately after paragraph (7) the following new paragraphs: "(8) public television and radio stations and public telecommunications services constitute valuable local community resources for utilizing electronic media to address national concerns and solve local problems tlurough community programs and outreach programs; "(9) it is in the public interest for the Federal Government to ensure that all citizens of the United States have access to public telecommunications services through all appropriate available telecommunications distribution technologies; and". BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEC. 5. (a) REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF MEMBERS. —<1) Section 396(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(c)(1)) is amended—

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