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 108 STAT. 3640 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 trol, or passive methods for the purpose of education and instruction; "(5) the terms 'interoperable' and 'interoperabihty' mean the abihty to exchange easily data with, and connect to, other hardware and software in order to provide the greatest accessibility for all students and other users; "(6) the term 'Office' means the Office of Educational Technology; "(7) the term 'public telecommunications entity' has the same meaning given to such term by section 397(12) of the Communications Act of 1934; "(8) the term 'regional educational laboratory' means a regional educational laboratory supported under section 941(h) of the Educational, Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994; "(9) the term 'State educational agency' includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs for purposes of serving schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in accordance with this part; "(10) the term 'State library administrative agency' has the same meaning given to such term in section 3 of the Library Services and Construction Act; and "(11) the term 'technology' means state-of-the-art technology products and services, such as closed circuit television systems, educational television and radio programs and services, cable television, satellite, copper and fiber optic transmission, computer hardware and software, video and audio laser and CD-ROM discs, and video and audio tapes. 20 USC 6814. "SEC. 3114. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; FUNDING RULE. "(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— "(1) SUBPARTS i, 2, AND 3.—There are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out subparts 1, 2, and 3, of which— "(A)(i) $3,000,000 shall be available to carry out subpart 1 (National Programs for Technology in Education) for any such year for which the amount appropriated under this subsection is less than $75,000,000; and "(ii) $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out subpart 1 for any such year for which the amount appropriated under this subsection is equal to or greater than $75,000,000; "(B) $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out subpart 3 (Regional Technical Support and Professional Develop- ,1' ment) for each such year; and "(C) the remainder shall be available to carry out subpart 2 (State and Local Programs for School Technology Resources) for each such year. "(2) SUBPART 4. —For the purpose of carrying out subpart 4, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. "(b) FUNDING RULE. — "(1) APPROPRIATIONS OF LESS THAN $75,000,000. —For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under subsection (a)(1) is less than $75,000,000, from the remainder of funds made available under subsection (a)(1)(C) the Secretary shall

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