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September 2005

E-Rate Exemption Moves Forward

The Senate unanimously adopted an amendment to the Commerce-State-Justice appropriations bill that would exempt the Universal Service Fund E-Rate program from Anti-Deficiency Act rules until Dec. 31, 2006.
[SOURCE: Communications Daily]
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Key Congressional Aides

Momentum behind a rewrite of the 1996 Telecommunications Act has been building for several years. And while it is unclear whether a rewrite of the Telecom Act will pass the 109th Congress, interested companies have already spent millions of dollars on advocacy and lobbying in their drive to change the law to benefit their industries -- while House and Senate committees have put telecom reform on their agendas for this Congress. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is moving the quickest.

CPB Emergency Grant Assistance Expanded

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that it will provide an additional $500,000 in immediate assistance to public television and radio stations in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. The additional funds bring the total of CPB's emergency assistance to stations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to more than $1,000,000. CPB has already made 23 grants totaling $582,000 to public radio and television stations throughout the area.

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