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[CITE: 47USC156]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 156. Authorization of appropriations

    (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration 
of this chapter by the Commission $109,831,000 for fiscal year 1990 and 
$119,831,000 for fiscal year 1991, together with such sums as may be 
necessary for increases resulting from adjustments in salary, pay, 
retirement, other employee benefits required by law, and other 
nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991.
    (b) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
this section, not more than 4 percent of the amount of any fees or other 
charges payable to the United States which are collected by the 
Commission during fiscal year 1990 are authorized to be made available 
to the Commission until expended to defray the fully distributed costs 
of such fees collection.
    (c) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section for fiscal year 1991, such sums as may be necessary not to 
exceed $2,000,000 shall be expended for upgrading and modernizing 
equipment at the Commission's electronic emissions test laboratory 
located in Laurel, Maryland.
    (d) Of the sum appropriated in any fiscal year under this section, a 
portion, in an amount determined under section 159(b) of this title, 
shall be derived from fees authorized by section 159 of this title.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title I, Sec. 6, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title 
XII, Sec. 1251(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 738; amended Pub. L. 98-214, 
Sec. 2(a), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1467; Pub. L. 99-272, title V, 
Sec. 5002(a)(1), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 100-594, 
Sec. 2(a), Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3021; Pub. L. 101-396, Sec. 2(a), 
Sept. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 848; Pub. L. 103-66, title VI, Sec. 6003(b), 
Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 401.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-66 added subsec. (d).
    1990--Pub. L. 101-396 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``There are authorized to be appropriated for 
the administration of this chapter by the Commission $107,250,000 for 
fiscal year 1988 and $109,250,000 for fiscal year 1989, together with 
such sums as may be necessary for increases resulting from adjustments 
in salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits required by law, and 
other nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 
1989.''
    1988--Pub. L. 100-594 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``There are authorized to be appropriated for 
the administration of this chapter by the Commission $98,100,000 for 
fiscal year 1986 and $97,600,000 for fiscal year 1987, together with 
such sums as may be necessary for increases resulting from adjustments 
in salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits required by law, and 
other nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 
1987.''
    1986--Pub. L. 99-272 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``There are authorized to be appropriated for 
the administration of this chapter by the Commission $91,156,000, 
together with such sums as may be necessary for increases resulting from 
adjustments in salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits required 
by law, and other nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 
1984 and 1985.''
    1983--Pub. L. 98-214 substituted provisions authorizing 
appropriations of $91,156,000 for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 
for provisions authorizing appropriations of $76,900,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 1982 and 1983.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 100-594 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section] shall apply 
with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1987.''


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Section 5002(a)(2) of Pub. L. 99-272 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by paragraph (1) of this subsection [amending this section] shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1985.''


                    Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

    Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 98-214 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1983.''


                     Authorization of Appropriations

    Pub. L. 104-104, title VII, Sec. 710(a), (b), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 
Stat. 160, provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--In addition to any other sums authorized by law, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Communications 
Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act [see 
Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out under section 609 of this 
title] and the amendments made by this Act.
    ``(b) Effect on Fees.--For the purposes of section 9(b)(2) (47 
U.S.C. 159(b)(2)), additional amounts appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be construed to be changes in the amounts 
appropriated for the performance of activities described in section 9(a) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 159(a)].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 154 of this title.
