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 PUBLIC LAW 94-192—DEC. 31, 1975

89 STAT. 1099

Public Law 94- •192 94th Congress An Act To amend certain provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide longterm financing for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

Be it eTmcted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975". SEC. 2. Subsection 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs: "(3) There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund which shall be kQown as the 'Public Broadcasting Fund' administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. There are authorized to be appropriated to such fund for each of the fiscal years during the period beginning July 1, 1975, and ending September 30, 1980, an amount equal to 40 per centum of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, and for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, an amount equal to 10 per centum of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; except that the amount so appropriated shall not exceed $88,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; $22,000,000 for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976; $103,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $121,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979;, and $160,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. "(4) The funds authorized by this subsection shall be used solely for the expenses of the Corporation. The Corporation shall determine the amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during each of the fiscal years indicated in paragraph (3) of this subsection for the purpose of determining the amount of each authorization, and shall certify such amount to the Secretary of the Treasury. Upon receipt of such certification, the Secretary of the Treasury shall disburse to the Corporation, from such funds as may be appropriated to the Public Broadcasting Fund, the amount authorized for each of the fiscal years and for the jjeriod July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. "(5) The Corporation shall reserve for distribution among the licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are on-the-air an amount equal to not less than 40 per centum of the funds disbursed to the Corporation from the Public Broadcasting Fund during the period July 1, 1975, through September 30, 1976, and in each fiscal year in which the amount disbursed is $88,000,000 or more, but less than $121,000,000; not less than 45 per centum in each fiscal year in which the amount disbursed is $121,000,000 or more, but less than $160,000,000; and not less than 50 per centum in each fiscal year in which the amount disbursed is $160,000,000. "(6) The Corporation shall, after consultation with licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are on-the-air, establish, and review annually, criteria and conditions

Dec. 31, 1975 [H.R. 6461]

Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975. 47 USC 396 note. Public Broadcasting Fund. Establishment. 47 USC 396. Appropriation authorization.

Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.

Conditions, annual review.

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