[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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   LAUNCHING OUR COMMUNITIES' ACCESS TO LOCAL TELEVISION ACT OF 2000

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                JOHNSON (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2891

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Grams, Mr. Robb, Mr. 
Wellstone, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Baucus) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by them to the bill (S. 2097) to authorize loan 
guarantees in order to facilitate access to local television broadcast 
signals in unserved and underserved areas, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       In section 4(d)(2)(D), insert after the phrase ``acceptable 
     to the Board'' the following: ``or any lender that (i) has 
     not fewer than one issue of outstanding debt that is rated 
     within the highest three rating categories of a nationally 
     recognized statistical rating agency; or (ii) has provided 
     financing to entities with outstanding debt from the Rural 
     Utilities Service and which possess, in the judgment of the 
     Board, the expertise, capacity and capital strength to 
     provide financing pursuant to this Act''.

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