,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab  
7legislative day1 ,december #aa71       
#bjac,mr4 ,begich introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,robert ,t4    
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act to provide  
eligibility for public broadcasting     
facilities to receive certain disaster  
assistance1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,emergency ,information            
,improvement ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,eligibility of public broadcasting     
facilities for certain disaster         
assistance  7a7 ,private nonprofit      
facility defined ,section #ajb7aa77;,b7 
of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster  
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eabb7aa77;,b77 is       
amended by inserting public broadcasting

 facilities1 after workshops14  7b7     
,critical services defined ,section     
#djf7;a77#c77;,b7 of the ,robert ,t4    
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagb7;a77#c77;,b77 is amended
 by striking communications1 and        
inserting communications 7including     
broadcast and telecommunications714  7c7
 ,applicability ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to a major     
disaster declared by the ,president     
under the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford         
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et
 seq47 on or after ,october #bh1 #bjab4