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Amounts
authorized and
appropriated for CPB, 1969-2001
| Fiscal year |
Administration request
|
Authorization in millions of dollars | Appropriation in millions of dollars | After rescissions (if any) |
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1969
|
9
|
5
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1970
|
15
|
15
|
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1971
|
22
|
23
|
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1972
|
35
|
35
|
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1973
|
45
|
35
|
||
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1974
|
45
|
50
|
||
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1975
|
60
|
62
|
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1976
|
70
|
78.5
|
||
|
TQ(a)
|
17
|
17.5
|
||
|
1977
|
70
|
103
|
||
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1978
|
80
|
119.2
|
||
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1979
|
90
|
120.2
|
||
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1980
|
120
|
152
|
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1981
|
162
|
180
|
162
|
|
|
1982
|
172
|
200
|
172
|
|
|
1983
|
172
|
220
|
137
|
|
|
1984
|
110
|
145
|
137.5
|
|
|
1985
|
85
|
153
|
150.5
|
|
|
1986
|
75
|
162
|
159.5
|
|
|
1987
|
186
|
200
|
200
|
|
|
1988
|
214
|
214
|
214
|
|
|
1989
|
214
|
238
|
228
|
|
|
1990
|
214
|
254
|
229.4
|
|
|
1991
|
214
|
245
|
242.06 (b)
|
|
|
1992
|
242.1
|
265
|
251.03 (b)
|
|
|
1993
|
306.5
|
285
|
253.31 (b)
|
|
|
1994
|
260
|
310
|
275
|
|
|
1995
|
275
|
375
|
292.64
|
285.6(d)
|
|
1996
|
292.6
|
425
|
312
|
275(d)
|
|
1997
|
292.6
|
(c)
|
315
|
260(d)
|
|
1998
|
296.4
|
(c)
|
250
|
|
|
1999
|
275
|
(c)
|
250
|
|
|
2000
|
325
|
(c)
|
300
|
|
|
2001
|
340
|
(c)
|
340 (e)
|
|
|
2002
|
350
|
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2003
|
365
|
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|
2004
|
(f)
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These appropriations amount to about 15 percent of the total support for public broadcasting. The years are fiscal years--CPB goes by the federal fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 of the previous year and ends on Sept. 30.
(a) Transition quarter — an additional appropriation for the extra three months when CPB switched to the federal fiscal year.
(b) Over these three years, Congress also gave CPB a total of $198.3 million to replace the aging public TV and radio satellite systems. Not included in figures above.
(c) Congress ordinarily passes authorization bills before appropriations, but it did not get around to authorizations for CPB on the usual schedule for these years. Bills have been stymied by uncertainty about how to aid public broadcasting over the long term.
(d) After appropriation, Congress can rescind funding if it hasn't been spent, as in the case of advance appropriations.
(e) Passed by Congress in October 1998.
(f) At issue in 2001. The Bush Administration proposes that Congress end advance decision on appropriations and make this decision in 2003, on the usual budget schedule for most federal spending.
Sources: CPB, America's Public Television Stations (APTS)
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