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        <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 439.</text>
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        <title>S. 3104, A bill to permanently authorize Radio Free Asia, and for other purposes</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 22, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) public access to accurate information is imperative for promoting government accountability and the protection of human rights; (2) Radio Free Asia (RFA) provides a vital voice to people in Asia; (3) some of the governments in Asia spend millions of dollars each year to jam RFA; and (4) Congress should provide additional and permanent funding for RFA.<br> </p> <p>Amends the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to make permanent the authority of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make grants to operate RFA.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 22, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b> </p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) public access to accurate information is imperative for promoting government accountability and the protection of human rights; (2) Radio Free Asia (RFA) provides a vital voice to people in Asia; (3) some of the governments in Asia spend millions of dollars each year to jam RFA; and (4) Congress should provide additional and permanent funding for RFA.</p> <p>Amends the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to make permanent the authority of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make grants to operate RFA.</p>]]></text>
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