Amendment to HR 3439, the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act.
Offered by Rep. Thomas Barrett (D-WI).
Date: April 12, 2000.
Source: Congressional Record, Page H2240.

Editor's Note: This amendment was defeated by a vote of 142 to 245 on April 13, 2000.


Amendment No. 1: Page 4, beginning on line 9, strike paragraph (2) through line 20 and insert the following:

(2) Required duration of modification; permanent conditions: The Commission shall not modify such rules to eliminate or reduce the minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels required by paragraph (1)(A) until 6 months after the date on which the Commission submits the report required by subsection (b)(3). No such elimination or reduction may remove such separations with respect to third-adjacent channels occupied by stations that provide a radio reading service to the public. The Commission shall not extend the eligibility for application for low-power FM stations beyond the organizations and entities as proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25 (47 C.F.R. 73.853).

Page 6, line 19, insert before the period the following: `, or 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later'.