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RIN: 0660-AA09

Publication ID: Spring 1997

Title: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
Abstract: The Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) is authorized under Public Telecommunications Financing Act of 1978, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 390-393, 397. PTFP supports the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities in order to: (a) extend delivery of services to as many citizens as possible by the most cost-effective means, including use of broadcast as well as nonbroadcast technologies; (b) increase public telecommunications services and facilities available to, operated by, and controlled by minorities and women; and (c) strengthen the capability of existing public TV and radio stations to provide public telecommunications services to the public. The program awards approximately $13 million in grants annually and operates under rules established in 15 CFR part 2301. FY 1996 funds were appropriated pursuant to the Department of Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1995, P.L. 104-134.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 2301
Legal Authority: 47 USC 390 to 393 47 USC 397

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/30/1996	61 FR 27230
NPRM Comment Period End	07/15/1996
Final Action	11/08/1996	61 FR 57966
Final Action Effective	11/08/1996

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Bernadette McGuire-Rivera Ph.D. Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications & Information Application Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration 6th Floor, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 Phone:202 482-5802 Email: ptfp@ntia.doc.gov