3.0.0 4808 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z Senate S 2020-10-19 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-19T23:20:32Z 2020-10-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N International Affairs Department of State Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations International exchange and broadcasting News media and reporting Political parties and affiliation Right of privacy U.S. Agency for Global Media International Affairs 00 2020-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-04T17:36:02Z This bill modifies provisions related to journalistic independence and the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees public service media networks that provide news and information in countries where the press is restricted.

Specifically, the bill establishes a noninterference standard that provides U.S. international broadcasting with the expectation that other U.S. government agencies or officials shall not interfere with its journalists. It also requires the Department of State and the Broadcast Board of Governors to (1) respect the professional independence and integrity of the USAGM, its broadcasting services, and its grantees; (2) protect USAGM journalists from undue interference by U.S. government agencies or officials; and (3) ensure that USAGM employees are judged solely on the basis of their adherence to professional standards of broadcast journalism.

Further, the bill requires the Inspector General of the State Department and the Foreign Service to investigate any potential infringements to journalistic independence by senior USAGM officials or other federal officials.

]]> A bill to protect the independence of journalists by preventing undue political influence at the United States Agency for Global Media. Display Title A bill to protect the independence of journalists by preventing undue political influence at the United States Agency for Global Media. Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the independence of journalists by preventing undue political influence at the United States Agency for Global Media. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4808is/xml/BILLS-116s4808is.xml 2020-10-19 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.