[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 46 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 3439

                  Offered By: Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin

       Amendment No. 1: Page 4, beginning on line 9, strike 
     paragraph (2) through line 20 and insert the following:
       (2) Required duration of modification; permanent 
     conditions.--The Commission shall not modify such rules to 
     eliminate or reduce the minimum distance separations for 
     third-adjacent channels required by paragraph (1)(A) until 6 
     months after the date on which the Commission submits the 
     report required by subsection (b)(3). No such elimination or 
     reduction may remove such separations with respect to third-
     adjacent channels occupied by stations that provide a radio 
     reading service to the public. The Commission shall not 
     extend the eligibility for application for low-power FM 
     stations beyond the organizations and entities as proposed in 
     MM Docket No. 99-25 (47 C.F.R. 73.853).
       Page 6, line 19, insert before the period the following: 
     ``, or 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     whichever is later''.

                               H.R. 3439

                        Offered By: Mrs. Roukema

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.

       In prescribing the modifications required by section 2(a), 
     the Federal Communications Commission shall--
       (1) permit FM commercial translators located in counties 
     where there is no allocated commercial FM station, to locally 
     originate commercial FM programming on an unlimited basis;
       (2) require such translators to abide by the same rules as 
     full service (high power) FM stations; and
       (3) permit such translators to increase their radiated 
     power to 100 watts, using a directional antenna, if 
     necessary, to protect co-channel and first-adjacent channel 
     stations.