47 U.S.C. § 391
Authorization of appropriations
United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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- 47 U.S.C. § 391, Authorization of appropriations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/488807
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There are authorized to be appropriated $42,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994, to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities as provided in this subpart. Sums appropriated under this subpart for any fiscal year shall remain available until expended for payment of grants for projects for which applications approved by the Secretary pursuant to this subpart have been submitted within such fiscal year. Sums appropriated under this subpart may be used by the Secretary to cover the cost of administering the provisions of this subpart.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act of amend the Communications Act of 1934, to extend certain authorizations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and for certain construction grants for noncommercial educational television and radio broadcasting facilities, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Public Telecommunications Financing Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Public Telecommunications Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Public Telecommunications Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: 84–11