[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 19 (Monday, February 28, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
  S. 2111. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey for 
fair market value 1.06 acres of land in the San Bernardino National 
Forest, California to KATY 101.3 FM, a California corporation; to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


                        LAND CONVEYANCE TO KATY

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President. I am pleased to introduce this bill 
today to assist Katy Gill, the owner of KATY radio, a station 
broadcasting out of a one acre parcel of the San Bernardino Forest and 
acting as an important public service announcement source for the 
residents of Idylwood, California.
  KATY radio has been caught up in some unfortunate circumstances 
involving an antennae site that the station had at one time, been 
leasing from GTE. When GTE decided to move out of the area, KATY was no 
longer able to legally operate. This bill will allow KATY to purchase 
at fair market value the title to 1.06 acres of land in San Bernardino 
National Forest so that the station could continue broadcasting.
  This legislation is supported by the Forest Service and KATY radio 
station listeners throughout Idylwood, California. I know of no 
opposition to such legislation. Representatives Mary Bono, Jerry Lewis 
and Don Young have introduced similar legislation in the House. I look 
forward to working with my colleagues in the House and the relevant 
Senate committee members to ensure that we address this issue before 
the end of the 106th Congress.
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