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[CITE: 47USC393]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
      Part IV--Assistance for Planning and Construction of Public 
   Telecommunications Facilities; Telecommunications Demonstrations; 
         Corporation for Public Broadcasting; General Provisions
 
     subpart a--assistance for planning and construction of public 
                      telecommunications facilities
 
Sec. 393. Criteria for approval and expenditures by Secretary


(a) Construction and planning grants

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Corporation, public 
telecommunications entities, and as appropriate with others, shall 
establish criteria for making construction and planning grants. Such 
criteria shall be consistent with the objectives and provisions set 
forth in this subpart, and shall be made available to interested parties 
upon request.

(b) Basis for determination

    The Secretary shall base determinations of whether to approve 
applications for grants under this subpart, and the amount of such 
grants, on criteria developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
and designed to achieve--
        (1) the provision of new telecommunications facilities to extend 
    service to areas currently not receiving public telecommunications 
    services;
        (2) the expansion of the service areas of existing public 
    telecommunications entities;
        (3) the development of public telecommunications facilities 
    owned by, operated by, and available to minorities and women; and
        (4) the improvement of the capabilities of existing public 
    broadcast stations to provide public telecommunications services, 
    including services to underserved audiences such as deaf and hearing 
    impaired individuals and blind and visually impaired individuals.

(c) Noncommercial radio broadcast station facilities

    Of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 391 of this title for 
any fiscal year, a substantial amount shall be available for the 
expansion and development of noncommercial radio broadcast station 
facilities.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 393, as added Pub. L. 87-447, 
May 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 66; amended Pub. L. 90-129, title II, Sec. 201(2), 
Nov. 7, 1967, 81 Stat. 367; Pub. L. 95-567, title I, Sec. 104, Nov. 2, 
1978, 92 Stat. 2408; Pub. L. 99-272, title V, Sec. 5001(b), Apr. 7, 
1986, 100 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 102-356, Sec. 3, Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 
949.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102-356 inserted before period at end 
``, including services to underserved audiences such as deaf and hearing 
impaired individuals and blind and visually impaired individuals''.
    1986--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 99-272 redesignated subsec. (d) as 
(c) and struck out former subsec. (c) relating to extension of services 
to new areas.
    1978--Pub. L. 95-567 amended section generally, striking out 
provisions dealing with keeping records and access to records by 
Secretary and Comptroller General and inserting provisions dealing with 
criteria for approval and expenditures by Secretary. See sections 392(h) 
and 395(h) of this title.
    1967--Pub. L. 90-129 substituted ``subpart'' for ``part'' wherever 
appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-567 effective Nov. 2, 1978, see section 403 
of Pub. L. 95-567, set out as a note under section 390 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 392, 902 of this title.
