text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Public Broadcasting Reauthorization 
  Act of 2004''.
  
  SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      (a) Corporation for Public Broadcasting.--Section 396(k)(1) of the 
  Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(1)) is amended by striking 
  subparagraphs (B) through (F) and inserting the following:
      ``(B) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund, for each 
  of the fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, an amount equal 
  to 40 percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support 
  received by public broadcasting entities during the second fiscal year 
  preceding each such fiscal year, except that the amount so appropriated 
  shall not exceed--
              ``(i) $416,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
              ``(ii) $432,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
              ``(iii) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
              ``(iv) $468,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
              ``(v) $487,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
      ``(C) In addition to any amounts authorized under any other 
  provision of this or any other Act, there are authorized to be 
  appropriated to the Fund, (notwithstanding any other provision of this 
  subsection) specifically for transition from the use of analog to 
  digital technology for the provision of public telecommunications 
  services and for the acquisition or production of digital programming 
  of local, regional, and national interest--
              ``(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
              ``(ii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
              ``(iii) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
              ``(iv) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
              ``(v) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
      ``(D) Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain 
  available until expended and shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
  Treasury for obligation and expenditure as soon after appropriation as 
  practicable. The Corporation shall distribute funds authorized by 
  subparagraph (C) and allocated to public broadcast stations under this 
  subsection as expeditiously as practicable when made available by the 
  Secretary of the Treasury, and in a manner that is determined, in 
  consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees 
  and their designated representatives.''.
      (b) Public Broadcasting Interconnection System.--Section 396(k)(10) 
  of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(10)) is amended by 
  striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:
      ``(B) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Satellite 
  Interconnection Fund $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. If the amount 
  appropriated to the Satellite Interconnection Fund for fiscal year 2005 
  is less than $250,000,000, the amount by which that sum exceeds the 
  amount appropriated is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
  2006 through 2008 until the full $250,000,000 has been appropriated to 
  the Fund. Funds appropriated to the Satellite Interconnection Fund 
  shall remain available until expended.
      ``(C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available and 
  disburse to the Corporation, at the beginning of fiscal year 2005 and 
  of each succeeding fiscal year thereafter, such funds as have been 
  appropriated to the Satellite Interconnection Fund for the fiscal year 
  in which such disbursement is to be made.''.
      (c) Public Telecommunications Facilities Program Grants.--Section 
  391 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 391) is amended--
              (1) by striking ``$42,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
          1992, 1993, and 1994,'' and inserting ``$50,000,000 for fiscal 
          year 2005, $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $54,008,000 for 
          fiscal year 2007, $56,240,000 for fiscal year 2008, $58,490,000 
          for fiscal year 2009, $60,820,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 
          $63,250,000 for fiscal year 2011,''; and
              (2) by striking ``facilities'' each place it occurs and 
          inserting ``facilities, including analog and digital broadcast 
          facilities and equipment,''.
  
  SEC. 3. RECOUPMENT OF FUNDS BY CORPORATION.
  
      Section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)) 
  is amended by adding at the end the following:
              ``(13) Funds may not be distributed pursuant to this 
          section to any public broadcast station unless it agrees that, 
          upon request by the Corporation, at such time as it ceases to 
          provide public telecommunications services or transfers or 
          assigns its broadcast license or permit to an entity that will 
          not provide public telecommunications services (as defined in 
          section 397(14) of this Act), it will--
                      ``(A) return any or all unexpended funds for all 
                  grants made by the Corporation; and
                      ``(B) with respect to grants made by the 
                  Corporation during the prior 5 years for the purchase 
                  or construction of public telecommunications 
                  facilities, return an amount that is no more than an 
                  amount bearing the same ratio to the current value of 
                  such facilities at the time of cessation of public 
                  telecommunications service as the ratio that the 
                  Corporation's contribution bore to the total cost of 
                  purchasing or constructing such facilities.''.
  
  SEC. 4. REDEFINITION OF PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO INCLUDE 
                NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
  
      (a) Transition and Programming Authorization.--Section 396(k)(1)(C) 
  of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(1)(C)), as amended 
  by section 2(a) of this Act, is further amended by striking ``public 
  broadcasting services,'' and inserting ``public telecommunications 
  services,''.
      (b) Public Telecommunications Services To Include New 
  Technologies.--Section 397(14) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
  U.S.C 397(14)) is amended to read as follows:
      ``(14) The term `public telecommunications services' means 
  noncommercial educational and cultural--
                      ``(A) radio and television programming or other 
                  content; and
                      ``(B) instructional or informational material 
                  (including data) transmitted electronically.''.
  
  SEC. 5. LOCAL CONTENT, PROGRAMMING, AND SERVICES.
  
      Section 396(k)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
  396(k)(7)) is amended by striking ``to the production and acquisition 
  of programming.'' and inserting ``to the support of content, 
  programming, and services, especially those that serve the needs and 
  interests of the recipient's local community.''.
target: Public Broadcasting Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for: (1) FY 2007 through 2011 for the Public Broadcasting Fund, including funds for FY 2005 through 2009 specifically for transition from the use of analog to digital technology for the provision of public telecommunication services and for acquisition or production of digital programming of local, regional, and national interest; (2) FY 2005 for the Satellite Interconnection Fund, including for FY 2006 through 2008 up to the amount authorized for FY 2005 if the amount appropriated is less; and (3) FY 2005 through 2011 for public telecommunications facilities programs, including analog and digital broadcast facilities and equipment.
  
  Provides for recoupment by the Public Broadcasting Corporation of unexpended funds from a public broadcast station that ceases to provide public telecommunications services, or transfers its license or permit to an entity that will not provide such services.
  
  Redefines "public broadcast services" as "public telecommunications services," namely noncommercial educational and cultural: (1) radio and television programming or other content; and (2) instructional or informational material (including data) transmitted electronically.
  
  Revises the authority of licensees and permittees of public radio stations to use funds distributed by the Corporation at their discretion for purposes related primarily to the production and acquisition of programming. Authorizes such recipients to use such funds primarily for the support of content, programming, and services, especially those that serve the needs and interests of the recipient's local community.
feat_title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and for other purposes.