[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR2301.1]



[Page 497-499]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

       CHAPTER XXIII--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 

                 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 2301_PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 2301.1  Program purposes.









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                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

2301.1 Program purposes.

2301.2 Definitions.



                   Subpart B_Application Requirements



2301.3 Applicant eligibility.

2301.4 Types of projects and broadcast priorities.

2301.5 Special consideration.

2301.6 Amount of Federal funding.

2301.7 Eligible and ineligible project costs.

2301.8 Submission of applications.

2301.9 Deferred applications.

2301.10 Applications resulting from catastrophic damage or emergency 

          situations.

2301.11 Service of applications.

2301.12 Federal Communications Commission authorizations.

2301.13 Public comments.

2301.14 Supplemental application information.

2301.15 Withdrawal of applications.



               Subpart C_Evaluation and Selection Process



2301.16 Technical evaluation process.

2301.17 Evaluation criteria for construction and planning applications.

2301.18 Selection process.



                    Subpart D_Post-Award Requirements



2301.19 General conditions attached to the Federal award.

2301.20 Schedules and reports.

2301.21 Payment of Federal funds.

2301.22 Protection, acquisition, and substitution of equipment.



                    Subpart E_Completion of Projects



2301.23 Completion of projects.

2301.24 Final Federal payment.

2301.25 Retention of records and annual status reports.



                            Subpart F_Waivers



2301.26 Waivers.



    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 390-393 and 397-399b.



    Source: 61 FR 57973, Nov. 8, 1996, unless otherwise noted.







    Pursuant to section 390 of the Act, (The Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended), the purpose of the Public Telecommunications Facilities 

Program (PTFP) is to assist, through matching grants, in the planning 

and construction of public telecommunications facilities in order to 

achieve the following objectives:

    (a) Extend delivery of public telecommunications services to as many 

citizens in the United States as possible by the most efficient and 

economical means, including the use of broadcast and nonbroadcast 

technologies;

    (b) Increase public telecommunications services and facilities 

available to, operated by, and owned by minorities and women; and

    (c) Strengthen the capability of existing public television and 

radio stations to provide public telecommunications services to the 

public.