PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981
95 STAT. 731
OFFERING OF CERTAIN SERVICES, FACILITIES, OR PRODUCTS BY PUBUG BROADCAST STATIONS
SEC. 1231. Subpart D of part IV of title III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended in section 1230, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " OF F E R I N G OF CERTAIN SERVICES, F A C I U T I E S, OR PRODUCTS BY PUBLIC
BROADCAST STATIONS
"SEC. 399B. (a) For purposes of this section, the term 'advertise- "Advertisement." ment' means any message or other programming material which is ^^ ^^ ^^^^• broadcast or otherwise transmitted in exchange for any remuneration, and which is intended— "(1) to promote any service, facility, or product offered by any person who is engaged in such offering for profit; "(2) to express the views of any person with respect to any matter of public importance or interest; or "(3) to support or oppose any candidate for political office. "(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each public broadcast station shall be authorized to engage in the offering of services, facilities, or products in exchange for remuneration. "(2) No public broadcast station may make its facilities available to any person for the broadcasting of any advertisement. "(c) Any public broadcast station which engages in any offering specified in subsection (b)(1) may not use any funds distributed by the Corporation under section 396(k) to defray any costs associated with 47 USC 396. such offering. Any such offering by a public broadcast station shall not interfere with the provision of public telecommunications services by such station. "(d) Each public broadcast station which engages in the activity specified in subsection (b)(1) shall, in consultation with the Corporation, develop an accounting system which is designed to identify any amounts received as remuneration for, or costs related to, such activities under this section, and to account for such amounts separately from any other amounts received by such station from any source.". STUDY ON A L T E R N A T IV E FINANCING FOR PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SEC. 1232. (a)(1) A study shall be conducted in accordance with the 47 USC 396 note. provisions of this section regarding options which may be available to public telecommunications entities, the Public Broadcasting Service, and National Public Radio with respect to the development of sources of revenue in addition to the sources of revenue available to such entities and organizations on the date of the enactment of this Act. Such study shall be completed not later than July 1, 1982, and a Report to report shall be submitted to the Congress in accordance with subsec- Congress. tion (i). (2) The study required in paragraph (1) shall seek to identify funding options which also will ensure that public telecommunications as a source of alternative and diverse programming will be maintained and enhanced, and that public telecommunications services will continue to expand and be available to increasing numbers of citizens throughout the Nation. (3) The studv required in paragraph (1), in examining funding alternatives, also shall seek to determine appropriate means for ensuring that the use of such funding alternatives does not interfere
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