[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2998 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2998

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
        To authorize the establishment of Radio Free Afghanistan.

    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 Afghanistan Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Requirement of a Detailed Plan.--Not later than 15 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall submit 
to the Broadcasting Board of Governors a report setting forth a 
detailed plan for the provision by RFE/RL, Incorporated, of surrogate 
broadcasting services in the Dari and Pashto languages to Afghanistan. 
Such broadcasting services shall be known as ``Radio Free 
Afghanistan''.
    (b) Grant Authority.--
        (1) In general.--Effective 15 days after the date of enactment 
    of this Act, or the date on which the report required by subsection 
    (a) is submitted, whichever is later, the Broadcasting Board of 
    Governors is authorized to make grants to support Radio Free 
    Afghanistan.
        (2) Supersedes existing limitation on total annual grant 
    amounts.--Grants made to RFE/RL, Incorporated, during the fiscal 
    year 2002 for support of Radio Free Afghanistan may be made without 
    regard to section 308(c) of the United States International 
    Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(c)).
    (c) Available Authorities.--In addition to the authorities in this 
Act, the authorities applicable to carry out United States Government 
broadcasting activities under the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring 
Act of 1998, and other provisions of law consistent with such purpose 
may be used to carry out the grant authority of subsection (b).
    (d) Standards; Oversight.--Radio Free Afghanistan shall adhere to 
the same standards of professionalism and accountability, and shall be 
subject to the same oversight mechanisms, as other services of RFE/RL, 
Incorporated.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In addition to such amounts as are otherwise 
available for such purposes, the following amounts are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out United States Government broadcasting 
activities under the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, 
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, and this Act, 
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such 
purposes:
        (1) For ``International Broadcasting Operations'', $8,000,000 
    for the fiscal year 2002.
        (2) For ``Broadcasting Capital Improvements'', $9,000,000 for 
    the fiscal year 2002.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF BAN ON UNITED STATES TRANSMITTER IN KUWAIT.

    Section 226 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 108 Stat. 423), is repealed.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.