PUBLIC LAW 95-567—NOV. 2, 1978
92 STAT. 2415
"Report to Congress " (i)(l) The Corporation shall submit an annual report for the preceding fiscal year ending September 30 to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before the 15th day of February of each year. The report shall include— "(A) a comprehensive and detailed report of the Corporation's operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this subpart and such recommendations as the Corporation deems appropriate; "(B) a comprehensive and detailed inventory of funds distributed by Federal agencies to public telecommunications entities during the preceding fiscal year; and "(C) the summary of the annual report provided to the Secretary pursuant to section 398(b)(4). "(2) The officers and directors of the Corporation shall be available to testify before appropriate committees of the Congress with respect to such report, the report of any audit made by the Comptroller General pursuant to subsection (1), or any other matter which such committees may determine.".
Report to President and Congress.
Post, p. 2420.
FINANCING; OPEN MEETINGS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS
SEC. 307. (a) Section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 47 USC 396. is amended to read as follows: "Financing; Open Meetings and Financial Records " (k)(l)(A) There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Public Broadcasting Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Fund'), to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. "(B) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund, for each of the fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980, an amount equal to 40 percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, except that the amount so appropriated shall not exceed $121,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $140,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $160,000,000 for fiscal'year 1980 "(C) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund, for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, except that the amount so appropriated shall not exceed $180,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $220,000,000 for fiscal year 1983. "(D) Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. "(2)(A) The funds authorized to be appropriated by this subsection shall be used by the Corporation, in a prudent and financially responsible manner, solely for its grants, contracts, and administrative costs, except that the Corporation may not use any funds appropriated under this subpart for purposes of conducting any reception, or providing any other entertainment, for any officer or employee of the Federal Government or any State or local government. The Corporation shall determine the amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during each of the fiscal years referred to
Public Broadcasting Fund. Establishment. Appropriation authorizations.
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