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HEA II-D.An end-of-session omnibus funding bill (H.J.Res. 395, PL 100-202) assured start-up funding of $3,590,000 for the new technology and cooperation grants for academic libraries under Title II-D of the Higher Education Act. This extraordinary accomplishment, aided by the leadership of Rep. John Porter (R-IL) was the one bright spot in funding for Department of Education library programs for the 1988 fiscal year. Watch for draft regulations for the II-D program; they are expected to be published in the Federal Register about the time you receive this issue.
Other program funding.Most other increases for library programs passed earlier by the House or Senate were wiped out by implementation of the deficit reduction package agreed to by the White House and Congressional leaders. The results for selected library programs are as follows:
| (amounts in thousands) | FY 1987 Funding | FY 1988 House | FY 1988 Senate | FY 1988 Funding |
| HEA II-A college libraries | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| HEA II-B training & research | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 718 |
| HEA II-C research libraries | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 5,744 |
| HEA II-D tech. & coop. | 0 | 5,000 | 2,500 | 3,590 |
| HEA III developing instits. | 147,208 | 180,000 | 138,300 | 152,370 |
| HEA IV-C college work study | 592,500 | 625,000 | 614,423 | 588,249 |
| HEA VI international educ. | 27,550 | 26,550 | 26,550 | 25,419 |
| LSCA III interlibrary coop. | 18,000 | 20,000 | 19,000 | 18,669 |
| GPO SuDocs | 23,763 | 25,300 | 25,300 | 24,662 |
| Library of Congress | 239,305 | 252,786 | 255,235 | 247,971 |
| Nat’l Lib. of Medicine | 61,838 | 71,465 | 70,399 | 67,910 |
| Nat’l Agricultural Lib. | 11,098 | 11,962 | 12,795 | 12,194 |
| NCLIS | 683 | 750 | 791 | 718 |
| NEH | 138,890 | 139,640 | 139,291 | 140,435 |
| NHPRC | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Postal revenue forgone | 650,000 | 556,507 | 517,000 | 517,000 |
| FIPSE | 12,163 | 12,163 | 12,163 | 11,645 |
| Center for Educ. Statistics | 8,747 | 22,386 | 20,586 | 20,953 |
FCC access charges.Staff of the Federal Communications Commission have indicated by phone that the proposal to impose access charges on "enhanced service providers" or value- added networks will not go into effect January 1 as proposed (CC Docket 87-215). No new date has been set, and no written announcement made; the proposal will simply not be in effect unless and until further notice from the FCC. FCC staff have said the Commission received approximately 20,000 communications on the issue.
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