3.0.0 3654 2023-01-11T13:40:55Z 2023-01-11T13:40:55Z Senate S 2018-11-15 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2018-11-29T00:02:21Z Markup by 2018-11-28T19:00:04Z Referred to 2018-11-15T22:53:17Z 2018-11-28 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684. Calendars 2018-11-28 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2018-11-28 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2018-11-28 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2018-11-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2018-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N International Affairs International Affairs 00 2018-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-14T20:24:00Z U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act

This bill modifies provisions regarding the coordination and assessment of U.S. public diplomacy efforts.

The bill permanently reauthorizes the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, which assesses U.S. public diplomacy efforts. Currently, the commission's authorization expires after FY2020.

The bill directs the Department of State to research and report on ways to improve U.S. public diplomacy and reduce duplicated efforts. It creates a director of research and evaluation position within the State Department's Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs to oversee this research.

The bill also restructures the International Broadcasting Advisory Board. (The board advises the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the body that oversees U.S. government media outlets abroad such as Radio Free Europe and Voice of America.)

]]> U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act Display Title U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, to avoid the duplication of public diplomacy programs and efforts, to improve the research and evaluation of public diplomacy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3654rs/xml/BILLS-115s3654rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3654is/xml/BILLS-115s3654is.xml 2018-11-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684. 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.