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 95 STAT. 732

Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications.

Definitions.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35-AUG. 13, 1981 with the content and quality of programming appearing on public television and radio. (b)(1) The study required in subsection (a)(1) shall be conducted by a commission to be known as the Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Commission"). (2) The Commission shall consist of the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (or a member of the Commission designated by the Chairman); the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (or his delegate); the heads of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, and the National Association of Public Television Stations (or their delegates); the Chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate (or any members of such committee designated by them); and the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives (or any members of such committee designated by them). (3) In addition to the members of the Commission specified in paragraph (2), an officer or employee of a public television station and an officer or employee of a public radio station shall serve as members of the Commission. Such members shall be selected by the members of the Commission specified in paragraph (2). Such selection shall be made at the first meeting conducted by the Commission. (4) For purposes of this subsection, the terms "public television station" and public radio station" have the same meaning as the term "public broadcast station" in section 397(6) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(6)). (c) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but the Federal Communications Commission shall make funds available to reimburse such members for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Federal Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. (d) The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (or the person designated by the Chsdrman under subsection (b)(2)) shall serve as Chairman of the Commission. (e) The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman or a majority of the members of the Commission. Six members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. (f)(1) Upon request of the Commission, the Federal Communications Commission shall furnish the Commission with such personnel and support services as may be necessarv to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties and functions under this section. The Commission shall not be required to pay or reimburse the Federal Communications Commission for such personnel and support services. (2) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and the heads of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio, and the National Association of Public Television Stations, each are authorized to furnish the Commission with such personnel and support services as each such organization considers necessary or appropriate to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties and functions under this section. (g) The Commission shall have authority to hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony as the Commission considers advisable. The Commission shall seek to obtain the testimony and advice of business representatives, persons repre-

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