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PUBLIC LAW 102-538—OCT. 27, 1992 106 STAT. 3545 SEC. 211. REVIEW OF UCENSE TRANSFER. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR HEARING. — The Federal Communications Commission shall not approve any assignment or transfer of control of a license held by any corporation identified in subsection (b) without first holding a full hearing on the record, with notice and opportunity for conmient. (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies to any corporation holding a television broadcast license, the transfer of which was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on November 14, 1985, and which is a corporation owned or controlled directly or indirectly by a corporation organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The Federal Commimications Commission shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate concerning the proposed transfer 30 days prior to authorizing any such transfer. The report required by tbls subsection shall include a review of the consistency of such transfer Math the Commission's minority ownership policies. (d) WAIVER.—The requirements of subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply in any case in which the Native Regional corporation identified in subsection (b) requests in writing that this section be waived by the Federal Communications Commission. SEC. 212. COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT FROM OLDER AMERICANS. (a) AUTHORITY FOR GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— Section 6(a) of the Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1988 (47 U.S.C. 154 note) is amended— (1) by striking "1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991" and inserting in lieu thereof "1992 and 1993"; and (2) by inserting "designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.)" immediately after "private nonprofit organizations". (b) CERTIFICATION.— Section 6(b) of the Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1988 (47 U.S.C. 154 note) is amended— (1) by adding "or" at the end of paragraph (2); (2) by striking paragraph (3); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). SEC. 213. TELEPHONE RATES FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES 47 USC 201 note. DEPLOYED ABROAD. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Federal Communications Commission shall make efforts to reduce telephone rates for Armed Forces personnel in the following countries: Germany, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain, Italy, Philippines, Panama, Spain, Turkey, \ Iceland, the Netherlands, (Greece, Cuba, Belgium, Portugal, Bermuda, Diego Garcia, Egyp>t, and Honduras. (b) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.— In making the efforts described in subsection (a), the Federal Commimications Commission, in coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of State, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration shall consider the cost to military personnel and their families of placing telephone calls by—