[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 54

         To establish radio broadcasts to the peoples of Asia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mrs. Bentley (for herself and Mr. Porter) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
         To establish radio broadcasts to the peoples of Asia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Radio Free Asia Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. RADIO BROADCASTING TO ASIA.

    (a) Establishment.--The Board for International Broadcasting Act of 
1973 (22 U.S.C. 2871, et seq.; hereinafter in this Act referred to as 
``the Act'') is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section:

                      ``radio broadcasting to asia

    ``Sec. 15. Funds made available to RFE/RL, Incorporated, under this 
Act may be used for radio broadcasting to the peoples of Asia, 
particularly the people of the People's Republic of China, Burma, 
Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam. Such broadcasts shall 
be designated `Radio Free Asia'.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Act is amended in paragraph (5) of 
section 2 by inserting ``Asia,'' after ``Eastern Europe,''.

SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

    (a) Composition of Board.--Section 3(b)(1) of the Act is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``ten'' and inserting 
        ``twelve'';
            (2) in the second sentence by striking ``nine'' and 
        inserting ``eleven''; and
            (3) in the third sentence by striking ``five'' and 
        inserting ``six''.
    (b) Selection.--Section 3(b)(2) of the Act is amended by adding at 
the end thereof ``The two additional members of the Board who are 
provided for by the Radio Free Asia Act of 1993 shall be selected by 
the President.''.
    (c) Term of Office of Presidentially Appointed Members.--Section 
3(b)(3) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new sentence: ``The term of office of the individuals 
initially appointed as the two additional voting members of the Board 
who are provided for by the Radio Free Asia Act of 1993 shall be two or 
three years (as designated by the President at the time of their 
appointment).''.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 8 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection:
    ``(d) In addition to such amounts as are authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated $30,000,000 to carry out section 15 of this Act for fiscal 
year 1994.''.

SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report Regarding Geographic Expansion of Broadcasts.--Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board 
for International Broadcasting shall prepare and submit to the Congress 
a report concerning the desirability of the geographic expansion of 
broadcasts funded through the Board, particularly to the peoples of 
Africa and the Middle East.
    (b) Report Regarding Broadcasting to Asia.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board for 
International Broadcasting shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 
comprehensive report concerning implementation of authority for 
broadcasting to Asia under section 15 of the Board for International 
Broadcasting Act of 1973. Such report shall consider the feasibility of 
constructing a Radio Free Asia transmitting facility in any State, 
territory, or possession of the United States, or state in free 
association with the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. In 
considering the feasibility of any such transmitting facility, the 
Board shall take into account the environmental impact of such 
potential site.

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