Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 4.djvu/812

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114 STAT. 2762A-112 PUBLIC LAW 106-553—APPENDIX B distance separations for third-adjacent channels for the stations that are the subject of the experimental program. (2) The Commission shall select an independent testing entity to conduct field tests in the markets of the stations in the experimental program under paragraph (1). Such field tests shall include— (A) an opportunity for the public to comment on interference; and (B) independent audience listening tests to determine what is objectionable and harmful interference to the average radio listener. (3) The Commission shall publish the results of the experimental program and field tests and afford an opportunity for the public to comment on such results. The Federal Communications Commission shall submit a report on the experimental program and field tests to the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than February 1, 2001. Such report shall include— (A) an analysis of the experimental program and field tests and of the public comment received by the Commission; (B) an evaluation of the impact of the modification or elimination of minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels on— (i) listening audiences; (ii) incumbent FM radio broadcasters in general, and on minority and small market broadcasters in particular, including an analysis of the economic impact on such broadcasters; (iii) the transition to digital radio for terrestrial radio broadcasters; (iv) stations that provide a reading service for the blind to the public; and (v) FM radio translator stations; (C) the Commission's recommendations to the Congress to reduce or eliminate the minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels required by subsection (a); and (D) such other information and recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate. SEC. 633. For an additional amount for "Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses", $40,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the NTTC at Wheeling Jesuit University to continue the outreach program to assist small business development; $600,000 shall be available for a grant for Western Carolina University to develop a tourism and hospitality curriculum; $2,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, to develop facilities, including the Museum's participation in the Point Residency and the Community Gallery projects; $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to Soundview Community in Action in the Bronx, New York, for a technology access and business improvement project; $5,000,000 shall be available for the Center for Rural Development, Somerset, Kentucky, for a regional program of technology workforce development; $1,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the State University of New York to develop a facility and operate the Institute of Entrepreneurship for small business and workforce development; $500,000 shall be available for a grant for Pike County, Kentucky,