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Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act

Act Details

Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1975-09-17 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Torbert Hart Macdonald in relation with: Broadcasting, Education, Educational television, Health education, Medical care, personnel, and facilities, Radio, Science, technology, communications, Television.

Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act became law (1) in the United States on 1976-06-05

It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Interstate and Foreign Commerce (HSIF)
Senate Commerce (SSCM)

Sponsor

Torbert Hart Macdonald, member of the US congress
Torbert Hart Macdonald, Democrat, Representative from Massachusetts, district 7

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

William Mcnulty Brodhead, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 17
Goodloe Byron, Representative, from Maryland, district 6
Charles Joseph Carney, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 19
Louis Frey, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 9
Edward Rell Madigan, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 15
John Michael Murphy, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 17
Timothy E. Wirth, Democrat, Senator, from Colorado

Act Overview

Number: 9630 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: An Act to extend the Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program and to provide authority for the support of demonstrations in telecommunications technologies for the distribution of health, education, and public or social service information, and for other purposes (4)
Short Title: Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act
Date First Introduced: 1975-09-17
Sponsor Name: Timothy E. Wirth
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1976-06-05
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Science, technology, communications
Summary of Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act

(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce with amendment S. Rept. 94-813) Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act – States that an additional purpose of the Communications Act of 1934 shall be to demonstrate the use of telecommunications technologies for the dissemination of health education and other public or social service information. Authorizes appropriations for the period July 1 1976 through September 30 1977 of $37500000 to assist in the construction of noncommercial educational broadcasting facilities. Authorizes grants for such purpose to public or private nonprofit colleges and universities or other educational or cultural institutions which are affiliated with eligible colleges or universities (formerly only educational institutions deriving support from tax revenues were eligible). Provides new criteria for determining whether to approve applications for television grants. Directs the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare to coordinate his functions under such Act with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as well as the Federal Communications Commission. Expands the definition of “construction” to include apparatus used for transmitting closed circuit radio programs as well as television programs. Encourages the development of nonbroadcast telecommunications facilities and services for the transmission of health education and public or social service information. Authorizes the appropriation of funds and the making of grants to assist such development.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act)
[Note 4] An Act to extend the Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program and to provide authority for the support of demonstrations in telecommunications technologies for the distribution of health, education, and public or social service information, and for other purposes. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1975-09-17) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Broadcasting
Education
Educational television
Health education
Medical care, personnel, and facilities
Radio
Science, technology, communications
Television

Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act

Educational Broadcasting Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act