Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1132

 92 STAT. 2412

PUBLIC LAW 95-567—NOV. 2, 1978 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

47 USC 396.

SEC. 302. Section 396(d)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by striking out "President shall designate one of the members first appointed to the Board as Chairman; thereafter the". COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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SEC. 303. (a) Section 396(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "No officer or employee of the Corporation may be compensated by the Corporation at an annual rate of pay which exceeds the rate of basic pay in effect from time to time for level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.". 47 USC 396 note. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be construed to reduce the annual rate of pay of any officer or employee of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in any case in which (1) such officer or employee was appointed or named to any position in the Corpora;.tfi. ^JQjj before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) the annual rate of pay for such position, as in effect on such date of enactment, exceeds the maximum rate of pay established in section 396(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by subsection (a). PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES OF CORPORATION

SEC. 304. Section 396(g) of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended to read as follows: "Purposes and Activities of Corporation "(g)(1) In order to achieve the objectives and to carry out the purposes of this subpart, as set out in subsection (a), the Corporation is authorized to— "(A) facilitate the full development of public telecommunications in which programs of high quality, diversity, creativity, excellence, and innovation, which are obtained from diverse sources, will be made available to public telecommunications entities, with strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature; "(B) assist in the establishment and development of one or more interconnection systems to be used for the distribution of public telecommunications services so that all public telecommunications entities may disseminate such services at times chosen by the entities; "(C) assist in the establishment and development of one or more systems of public telecommunications entities throughout the United States; and "(D) carry out its purposes and functions and engage in its activities in ways that will most effectively assure the maximum freedom of the public telecommunications entities and systems from interference with, or control of, program content or other activities. "(2) In order to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (a), the Corporation is authorized to— "(A) obtain grants from and make contracts with individuals and with private. State, and Federal agencies, organizations, and institutions;

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