3.0.0 3546 2019-11-15T21:52:34Z 2019-11-15T21:52:34Z Senate S S 2008-09-23 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-23T22:20:18Z 2008-09-23 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2008-09-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9283-9284) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N International Affairs Advice and consent of the Senate Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Broadcasting Board of Governors Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Cultural relations Education Educational exchanges Executive reorganization Extremist movements in politics Government Operations and Politics Higher education International broadcasting Presidential appointments Public opinion Radio broadcasting Science, Technology, Communications International Affairs 00 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-23T16:48:21Z Strategic Communications Act of 2008 - Repeals the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 which will, among other things, abolish the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to abolish the position of Under Secretary for Public Policy. Transfers functions to the National Center for Strategic Communications.

Establishes the National Center for Strategic Communication to be headed by a Director of Strategic Communication who shall be the President's principal advisor on, and federal coordinator of, strategic communications.

States that the Center's missions are to: (1) serve as the primary U.S. government organization for conducting strategic communications to influence foreign audiences in support of American ideals and in opposition to violent extremism; (2) develop a national strategic communications strategy; (3) assist private U.S. institutions in developing exchange activities; (4) promote U.S. participation in international events; and (5) direct U.S. government foreign broadcasting and research and analyze global public opinion media trends and intelligence assessments.

Directs the President to appoint: (1) an Assistant Director for the Strategic Communications Corps; (2) an Assistant Director for Information Operations; and (3) an Assistant Director for Global Networks.

Establishes within the Center a Strategic Communications Board.

States that the International Broadcasting Bureau shall continue to carry out all U.S. government-supported nonmilitary international broadcasting activities.

Requires the Director to develop an interagency strategy for strategic communication.

]]> Strategic Communications Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Strategic Communications Act of 2008 Display Title Strategic Communications Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the National Center for Strategic Communication to advise the President regarding public diplomacy and international broadcasting to promote democracy and human rights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3546is/xml/BILLS-110s3546is.xml 2008-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.