[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2682 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2682

 To authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to 
 the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of 
                                America.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2000

 Mr. Biden (for himself and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to 
 the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of 
                                America.

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

SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN MATERIALS OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA.

    (a) Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this Act, the 
        Broadcasting Board of Governors (in this Act referred to as the 
        ``Board'') is authorized to make available to the Institute for 
        Media Development (in this Act referred to as the 
        ``Institute''), at the request of the Institute, previously 
        broadcast audio and video materials produced by the Africa 
        Division of the Voice of America.
            (2) Deposit of materials.--Upon the request of the 
        Institute and the approval of the Board, materials made 
        available under paragraph (1) may be deposited with the 
        University of California, Los Angeles, or such other 
        appropriate institution of higher education (as defined in 
        section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1001(a)) that is approved by the Board for such purpose.
            (3) Supersedes existing law.--Materials made available 
        under paragraph (1) may be provided notwithstanding section 501 
        of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act 
        of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign 
        Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 
        U.S.C. 1461-1a).
    (b) Limitations.--
            (1) Authorized purposes.--Materials made available under 
        this Act shall be used only for academic and research purposes 
        and may not be used for public or commercial broadcast 
        purposes.
            (2) Prior agreement required.--Before making available 
        materials under subsection (a)(1), the Board shall enter into 
        an agreement with the Institute providing for--
                    (A) reimbursement of the Board for any expenses 
                involved in making such materials available;
                    (B) the establishment of guidelines by the 
                Institute for the archiving and use of the materials to 
                ensure that copyrighted works contained in those 
                materials will not be used in a manner that would 
                violate the copyright laws of the United States 
                (including international copyright conventions to which 
                the United States is a party);
                    (C) the indemnification of the United States by the 
                Institute in the event that any use of the materials 
                results in violation of the copyright laws of the 
                United States (including international copyright 
                conventions to which the United States is a party);
                    (D) the authority of the Board to terminate the 
                agreement if the provisions of paragraph (1) are 
                violated; and
                    (E) any other terms and conditions relating to the 
                materials that the Board considers appropriate.
    (c) Crediting of Reimbursements to Board Appropriations Account.--
Any reimbursement of the Board under subsection (b) shall be deposited 
as an offsetting collection to the currently applicable appropriation 
account of the Board.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The authority provided under this Act shall cease to have effect on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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