Volume 83
Public Law 91–97
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 by extending the provisions thereof relating to grants for construction of educational television or radio broadcasting facilities and the provisions relating to support of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Approved October 27, 1969
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 by extending the provisions thereof relating to grants for construction of educational television or radio broadcasting facilities and the provisions relating to support of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the “Educational Television and Radio Amendments of 1969”.
three-year authorization for public broadcasting facilities
Sec. 2.
Section 391 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 391) is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: “There are also authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, $15,000,000 per fiscal year.”
The last sentence of such section is amended by striking out “July 1, 1971” and inserting in lieu thereof “July 1, 1974”.
one-year extension of financing of corporation for public broadcasting
Sec. 3.
Paragraph (1) of subsection (k) of section 396 of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is amended by inserting “, and for the next fiscal year the sum of $20,000,000” after “$9,000,000”.
Paragraph (2) of such subsection is amended by inserting “or the next fiscal year” after “June 30, 1969,”.
Approved October 27, 1969.