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 PUBLIC LAW 107-188-JUNE 12, 2002 116 STAT. 695 SEC. 523. OFFICE OF GENERIC DRUGS. For the Office of Generic Drugs (within the Food and Drug Administration), there are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts, stated as increases above the amount made available under appropriations Acts for such Ofdce for fiscal year 2002: (1) For fiscal year 2003, an increase of $3,000,000. (2) For fiscal year 2004, an increase of $6,000,000. (3) For fiscal year 2005, an increase of $9,000,000. (4) For fiscal year 2006, an increase of $12,000,000. (5) For fiscal year 2007, an increase of $15,000,000. Appropriation authorization. Subtitle C—Additional Provisions SEC. 531. TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TELEVISION. (a) FAIR ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED. —In order to further promote the orderly transition to digital television, and to promote the equitable allocation and use of digital channels by television broadcast permittees and licensees, the Federal Communications Commission, at the request of an eligible licensee or permittee, shall, within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, allot, if necessary, and assign a paired digital television channel to that licensee or permittee, provided that— (1) such channel can be allotted and assigned without further modification of the tables of allotments as set forth in sections 73.606 and 73.622 of the Commission's regulations (47 CFR 73.606, 73.622); and (2) such allotment and assignment is otherwise consistent with the Commission's rules (47 CFR part 73). (b) ELIGIBLE TRANSITION LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE.— For purposes of subsection (a), the term "eligible licensee or permittee" means only a full power television broadcast licensee or permittee (or its successor in interest) that— (1) had an application pending for an analog television station construction permit as of October 24, 1991, which application was granted after April 3, 1997; and (2) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is the permittee or licensee of that station. (c) REQUIREMENTS ON LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE.— (1) CONSTRUCTION DEADLINE.— Any licensee or permittee receiving a paired digital channel pursuant to this section— (A) shall be required to construct the digital television broadcast facility within 18 months of the date on which the Federal Communications Commission issues a construction permit therefore, and (B) shall be prohibited from obtaining or receiving an extension of time from the Commission beyond the construction deadline established by paragraph (1). (2) PROHIBITION OF ANALOG OPERATION USING DIGITAL PAIR. —Any licensee or permittee receiving a paired digital channel pursuant to this section shall be prohibited from giving up its current paired analog assignment and becoming a singlechannel broadcaster and operating in analog on such paired digital channel. (d) RELIEF RESTRICTED. — Any paired digital allotment and assignment made under this section shall not be available to any 47 USC 336 note. Deadline.

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