Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations
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Section 6 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 156 ) is amended to read as follows: There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out the functions of the Commission $322,035,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 and 2020. The sum appropriated in any fiscal year to carry out the activities described in subsection (a), to the extent and in the amounts provided for in advance in Appropriations Acts, shall be derived from fees authorized by section 9.
Amounts received from fees authorized by section 9 shall be deposited as an offsetting collection in, and credited to, the account through which funds are made available to carry out the activities described in subsection (a). Any fees collected in excess of the total amount of fees provided for in Appropriations Acts for a fiscal year shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. . Section 309(j)(8)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(C) ) is amended— in the first sentence, by striking an interest bearing account and all that follows and inserting the Treasury. ; in clause (i)— by striking paid to the Treasury and inserting deposited in the general fund of the Treasury (where such deposits shall be used for the sole purpose of deficit reduction) ; and by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; in clause (ii), by striking ; and and inserting , and payments representing the return of such deposits shall not be subject to administrative offset under section 3716(c) of title 31, United States Code. ; and by striking clause (iii).
Section 710 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–104 ) is repealed. The table of contents in section 2 of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 710. On the effective date described in section 103, any amounts in the account providing appropriations to carry out the functions of the Commission that were collected in excess of the amounts provided for in Appropriations Acts in any fiscal year prior to such date shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
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