Telecommunications Facilities and Demonstration Act

Summary

Telecommunications Facilities and Demonstration Act - States that the purposes of this Act are: (1) to assist (through matching grants) in the construction of noncommercial educational television or radio broadcasting facilities; (2) to demonstrate (through grants or contracts) the use of telecommunications technologies for the distribution and dissemination of health, education, and other social service information; and (3) to promote the development of nonbroadcast telecommunications facilities and services for the transmission, distribution, and delivery of health, education, and social service information. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975, and for the five succeeding fiscal years, for the payment of grants for the above purposes upon approval of applications submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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Timeline

1. 16 October 1974

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 October 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 October 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 October 1974

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

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