Larry Craig: “Thousands of broadcast towers, translators, microwave relay stations, and other telecommunications facilities licensed…”

“Thousands of broadcast towers, translators, microwave relay stations, and other telecommunications facilities licensed by the Federal Communications Commission are located on Federal sites across the United States. They provide a vital public service to our local communities, particularly those in the rural West, where communication outlets are few and cable television is often not available. Yet this important communications link is in danger of being broken if the Congress does not resolve the problem of determining an equitable fee increase for the use of communications sites on Federal lands. I'm pleased to report that Senators Domenici, DeConcini, Wallop, and I are introducing legislation based on the Congress' own Radio and Television Broadcast Use Advisory Committee report: the Equitable Communication Site Fee Act of 1994. We are joined in introducing the bill today by Senators Bennett, Bingaman, Burns, Hatch, Kempthorne, Murkowski, Pressler, Simpson, and Stevens.”