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PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a statement certifying that the sum permitted to be expended under paragraph (2) will be insufficient to fulfill the requests for coupons from eligible households— (A) paragraph (2) shall be applied— (i) by substituting ‘‘$160,000,000’’ for ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and (ii) by substituting ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’ for ‘‘$990,000,000’’; (B) subsection (a)(2) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’ for ‘‘$990,000,000’’; and (C) the additional amount permitted to be expended shall be available 60 days after the Assistant Secretary sends such statement. (4) COUPON VALUE.—The value of each coupon shall be $40. (d) DEFINITION OF DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER BOX.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘digital-to-analog converter box’’ means a stand-alone device that does not contain features or functions except those necessary to enable a consumer to convert any channel broadcast in the digital television service into a format that the consumer can display on television receivers designed to receive and display signals only in the analog television service, but may also include a remote control device.

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SEC. 3006. PUBLIC SAFETY INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS.

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VerDate 14-DEC-2004

10:20 Jul 12, 2007

(a) CREATION OF PROGRAM.—The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security— (1) may take such administrative action as is necessary to establish and implement a grant program to assist public safety agencies in the acquisition of, deployment of, or training for the use of interoperable communications systems that utilize, or enable interoperability with communications systems that can utilize, reallocated public safety spectrum for radio communication; and (2) shall make payments of not to exceed $1,000,000,000, in the aggregate, through fiscal year 2010 to carry out that program from the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund established under section 309(j)(8)(E) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(E)). (b) CREDIT.—The Assistant Secretary may borrow from the Treasury beginning on October 1, 2006, such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $1,000,000,000, to implement this section. The Assistant Secretary shall reimburse the Treasury, without interest, as funds are deposited into the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund. (c) CONDITION OF GRANTS.—In order to obtain a grant under the grant program, a public safety agency shall agree to provide, from non-Federal sources, not less than 20 percent of the costs of acquiring and deploying the interoperable communications systems funded under the grant program. (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: (1) PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY.—The term ‘‘public safety agency’’ means any State, local, or tribal government entity, or nongovernmental organization authorized by such entity,

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