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 PUBLIC LAW 103-317—AUG. 26, 1994 108 STAT. 1747 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, $20,981,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this account, $2,000 are permanently canceled: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of the NTIA in furtherance of its assigned functions under this psiragraph and such funds received from other Government agencies shall remain available until expended. PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILITIES, PIJ^NNING AND CONSTRUCTION For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, $29,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 of said Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for program administration as authorized by section 391 of said Act: Provided further. That notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of said Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made available for grants for projects for which applications have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year: Provided further. That notwithstanding the provisions of sections 391 and 392 of the Communications Act, as amended, not to exceed $1,500,000 appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for the Pan- Pacific Educational and Cultural Experiments by Satellite program (PEACESAT). INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, $64,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 of said Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for program administration and other support activities as authorized by section 391 of said Act including support of the Advisory Council on National Information Infrastructure: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be available for telecommunications research activities for projects related directly to the development of a national information infrastructure: Provided further. That notwithstanding the requirements of section 392(a) and 392(c) of such Act, these funds may be used for the planning and construction of telecommunicatibns networks for the provision of educational, cultural, health care, public information, public safety or other social services.

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