Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 156 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 156 : US Code - Notes

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title I, Sec. 6, as added Pub. L. 97-35,
title XII, Sec. 1251(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 738; amended Pub.
L. 98-214, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1467; Pub. L. 99-272,
title V, Sec. 5002(a)(1), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 100-
594, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3021; Pub. L. 101-396,
Sec. 2(a), Sept. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 848; Pub. L. 103-66, title VI,
Sec. 6003(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 401.)
AMENDMENTS
1993 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-66 added subsec. (d).
1990 - Pub. L. 101-396 amended section generally. Prior to
amendment, section read as follows: "There are authorized to be
appropriated for the administration of this chapter by the
Commission $107,250,000 for fiscal year 1988 and $109,250,000 for
fiscal year 1989, together with such sums as may be necessary for
increases resulting from adjustments in salary, pay, retirement,
other employee benefits required by law, and other nondiscretionary
costs, for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989."
1988 - Pub. L. 100-594 amended section generally. Prior to
amendment, section read as follows: "There are authorized to be
appropriated for the administration of this chapter by the
Commission $98,100,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $97,600,000 for
fiscal year 1987, together with such sums as may be necessary for
increases resulting from adjustments in salary, pay, retirement,
other employee benefits required by law, and other nondiscretionary
costs, for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987."
1986 - Pub. L. 99-272 amended section generally. Prior to
amendment, section read as follows: "There are authorized to be
appropriated for the administration of this chapter by the
Commission $91,156,000, together with such sums as may be necessary
for increases resulting from adjustments in salary, pay,
retirement, other employee benefits required by law, and other
nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1984 and
1985."
1983 - Pub. L. 98-214 substituted provisions authorizing
appropriations of $91,156,000 for each of the fiscal years 1984 and
1985 for provisions authorizing appropriations of $76,900,000 for
each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 100-594 provided that: "The amendment
made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section]
shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September
30, 1987."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Section 5002(a)(2) of Pub. L. 99-272 provided that: "The
amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection [amending this
section] shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after
September 30, 1985."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 98-214 provided that: "The amendment made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect
to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1983."
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Pub. L. 104-104, title VII, Sec. 710(a), (b), Feb. 8, 1996, 110
Stat. 160, provided that:
"(a) In General. - In addition to any other sums authorized by
law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Federal
Communications Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this Act [see Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out under
section 609 of this title] and the amendments made by this Act.
"(b) Effect on Fees. - For the purposes of section 9(b)(2) (47
U.S.C. 159(b)(2)), additional amounts appropriated pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be construed to be changes in the amounts
appropriated for the performance of activities described in section
9(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 159(a)]."