Sec. 603. Payment of relocation costs of FM broadcast stations
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From amounts made available under subsection (b)(2), the Commission shall reimburse costs reasonably incurred by an FM broadcast station for facilities necessary for such station to reasonably minimize disruption of service as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection
(b)of section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1452 ). The Commission may not make reimbursements under paragraph
(1)for lost revenues. If an FM broadcast station has received a payment for interim facilities from the licensee of a television broadcast station that was reimbursed for such payment under subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) of such section 6403 (including from amounts made available under section 601 of this title), or from any other source, such FM broadcast station may not receive any reimbursements under paragraph (1). There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the FM Broadcast Station Relocation Fund. Amounts in the FM Broadcast Station Relocation Fund shall be available to the Commission to make payments required by subsection (a)(1). Amounts in the FM Broadcast Station Relocation Fund shall not be available to the Commission to make payments required by subsection (a)(1) after April 13, 2020, unless, before making any such payments after such date, the Commission submits to Congress a certification that such payments are necessary to reimburse costs reasonably incurred by an FM broadcast station for facilities necessary for such station to reasonably minimize disruption of service as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection
(b)of section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1452 ). If any unobligated amounts remain in the FM Broadcast Station Relocation Fund after the date described in subparagraph (B), such amounts shall be rescinded and deposited into the general fund of the Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. The date described in this subparagraph is the earlier of— the date of a certification by the Commission under subparagraph
(C)that all reimbursements pursuant to subsection (a)(1) have been made; or July 3, 2022. If all reimbursements pursuant to subsection (a)(1) have been made before July 3, 2022, the Commission shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a certification that all such reimbursements have been made. The amount of auction proceeds that the salaries and expenses account of the Commission is required to retain under section 309(j)(8)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B) ), including from the proceeds of the forward auction under section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1452 ), shall be sufficient to cover the administrative costs incurred by the Commission in making any reimbursements out of the FM Broadcast Station Relocation Fund. In this section, the term FM broadcast station has the meaning given such term in section 73.310 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, and, for an FM translator, has the meaning given the term FM translator in section 74.1201 of such title.
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