[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 102 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 102

   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the use of 
unexpended universal service funds in low-income schools, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the use of 
unexpended universal service funds in low-income schools, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Access to Technology 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(7) Additional eligible uses for reverting funds.--
                    ``(A) Unexpended balances available for expanded 
                purposes.--If at the conclusion of any program year, 
                any amount which has been authorized for payment for 
                eligible services under this section remains 
                unexpended, such amount shall be available for 
                distribution under this paragraph to schools serving 
                eligible school districts for expanded services during 
                the succeeding program year, except that--
                            ``(i) the total amount so made available 
                        shall not exceed $100,000,000 for any program 
                        year; and
                            ``(ii) the amount made available to any 
                        individual school for any program year shall 
                        not exceed $25,000.
                    ``(B) Expanded services.--Funds available under 
                this paragraph may be used to acquire, in addition to 
                the telecommunications services available under this 
                subsection, information services, including devices 
                necessary to access and use such services.
                    ``(C) Distribution of funds for expanded 
                services.--Funds shall be made available under this 
                paragraph by a system of random selection from schools 
                serving eligible school districts that have submitted 
                applications complying with such regulations as the 
                Commission shall prescribe for purposes of this 
                paragraph.
                    ``(D) Eligible school district.--The term `eligible 
                school district' means, for any program year, a local 
                educational agency that is eligible for a concentration 
                grant under section 1124A of the Elementary and 
                Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding 
                fiscal year.''.
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