<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEPARTMENT OF STATE </heading> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="146">SEC. 146. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s701">47 U.S.C. 701 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTELSAT. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Policy.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States—</chapeau><footnote id="ID24EC300F8C404545AA803FF352AF0916" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">Public Law 99–93, 99 Stat. 405, 425, sec. 146, Aug. 16, 1985.</p></footnote> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">as a party to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (hereafter in this section referred to as “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Intelsat</quotedText>”), to foster and support the global commercial communications satellite system owned and operated by Intelsat;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">to make available to consumers a variety of communications satellite services utilizing the space segment facilities of Intelsat and any additional such facilities which are found to be in the national interest and which—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">are technically compatible with the use of the radio frequency spectrum and orbital space by the existing or planned Intelsat space segment, and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">avoid significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to authorize use and operation of any additional space segment facilities only if the obligations of the United States under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Preconditions for Intelsat Consultation.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Before consulting with Intelsat for purposes of coordination of any separate international telecommunications satellite system under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement, the Secretary of State shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure that any proposed separate international satellite telecommunications system comply with the executive branch conditions established pursuant to the Presidential Determination No. 85–2; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that one or more foreign authorities have authorized the use of such system consistent with such conditions.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Amendment of Intelsat Agreement.—</heading><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/1" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of State shall consult with the United States signatory to Intelsat and the Secretary of Commerce regarding the appropriate scope and character of a modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement which would permit Intelsat to establish cost-based rates for individual traffic routes, as exceptional circumstances warrant, paying particular attention to the need for avoiding significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat as well as United States national and foreign policy interests.</content></paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/2" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2)</num><subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/2/A" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To ensure that rates established by Intelsat for such routes are cost-based, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall instruct the United States signatory to Intelsat to ensure that sufficient documentation, including documentation regarding revenues and costs, is provided by Intelsat so as to verify that such rates are in fact cost-based.</content></subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/2/B" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease2"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To the maximum extent possible, such documentation will be made available to interested parties on a timely basis.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/3" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Pursuant to the consultation under paragraph (1) and taking the steps prescribed in paragraph (2) to provide documentation, the United States shall support an appropriate modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement to accomplish the purpose described in paragraph (1).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Congressional Consultation.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the event that, after United States consultation with Intelsat for the purposes of coordination under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement for the establishment of a separate international telecommunications satellite system, the Assembly of Parties of Intelsat fails to recommend such a separate system, and the President determines to pursue the establishment of a separate system notwithstanding the Assembly's failure to approve such system, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the Congress a detailed report which shall set forth—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/d/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the foreign policy reasons for the President's determination, and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/d/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan for minimizing any negative effects of the President's action on Intelsat and on United States foreign policy interests.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Notification to Federal Communications Commission.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the event the Secretary of State submits a report under subsection (d), the Secretary, 60 calendar days after the receipt by the Congress of such report, shall notify the Federal Communications Commission as to whether the United States obligations under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/f" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Implementation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In implementing the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State shall act in accordance with Executive order 12046.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/g" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definition.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this section, the term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">separate international telecommunications satellite system</term>” or “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">separate system</quotedText>” means a system of one or more telecommunications satellites separate from the Intelsat space segment which is established to provide international telecommunications services between points within the United States and points outside the United States, except that such term shall not include any satellite or system of satellites established—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/g/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">primarily for domestic telecommunications purposes and which incidentally provides services on an ancillary basis to points outside the jurisdiction of the United States but within the western hemisphere, or</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/g/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">solely for unique governmental purposes.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>

AN ACTTo authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * * * * * * <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEPARTMENT OF STATE </heading> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="146">SEC. 146. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s701">47 U.S.C. 701 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTELSAT. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Policy.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States—</chapeau><footnote id="ID24EC300F8C404545AA803FF352AF0916" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">Public Law 99–93, 99 Stat. 405, 425, sec. 146, Aug. 16, 1985.</p></footnote> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">as a party to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (hereafter in this section referred to as “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Intelsat</quotedText>”), to foster and support the global commercial communications satellite system owned and operated by Intelsat;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">to make available to consumers a variety of communications satellite services utilizing the space segment facilities of Intelsat and any additional such facilities which are found to be in the national interest and which—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">are technically compatible with the use of the radio frequency spectrum and orbital space by the existing or planned Intelsat space segment, and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">avoid significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to authorize use and operation of any additional space segment facilities only if the obligations of the United States under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Preconditions for Intelsat Consultation.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Before consulting with Intelsat for purposes of coordination of any separate international telecommunications satellite system under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement, the Secretary of State shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure that any proposed separate international satellite telecommunications system comply with the executive branch conditions established pursuant to the Presidential Determination No. 85–2; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that one or more foreign authorities have authorized the use of such system consistent with such conditions.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Amendment of Intelsat Agreement.—</heading><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/1" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of State shall consult with the United States signatory to Intelsat and the Secretary of Commerce regarding the appropriate scope and character of a modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement which would permit Intelsat to establish cost-based rates for individual traffic routes, as exceptional circumstances warrant, paying particular attention to the need for avoiding significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat as well as United States national and foreign policy interests.</content></paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/2" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2)</num><subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/2/A" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To ensure that rates established by Intelsat for such routes are cost-based, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall instruct the United States signatory to Intelsat to ensure that sufficient documentation, including documentation regarding revenues and costs, is provided by Intelsat so as to verify that such rates are in fact cost-based.</content></subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/2/B" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease2"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To the maximum extent possible, such documentation will be made available to interested parties on a timely basis.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/c/3" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Pursuant to the consultation under paragraph (1) and taking the steps prescribed in paragraph (2) to provide documentation, the United States shall support an appropriate modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement to accomplish the purpose described in paragraph (1).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Congressional Consultation.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the event that, after United States consultation with Intelsat for the purposes of coordination under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement for the establishment of a separate international telecommunications satellite system, the Assembly of Parties of Intelsat fails to recommend such a separate system, and the President determines to pursue the establishment of a separate system notwithstanding the Assembly's failure to approve such system, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the Congress a detailed report which shall set forth—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/d/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the foreign policy reasons for the President's determination, and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/d/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan for minimizing any negative effects of the President's action on Intelsat and on United States foreign policy interests.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Notification to Federal Communications Commission.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the event the Secretary of State submits a report under subsection (d), the Secretary, 60 calendar days after the receipt by the Congress of such report, shall notify the Federal Communications Commission as to whether the United States obligations under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/f" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Implementation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In implementing the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State shall act in accordance with Executive order 12046.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/g" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definition.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this section, the term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">separate international telecommunications satellite system</term>” or “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">separate system</quotedText>” means a system of one or more telecommunications satellites separate from the Intelsat space segment which is established to provide international telecommunications services between points within the United States and points outside the United States, except that such term shall not include any satellite or system of satellites established—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/g/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">primarily for domestic telecommunications purposes and which incidentally provides services on an ancillary basis to points outside the jurisdiction of the United States but within the western hemisphere, or</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tI/s146/g/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">solely for unique governmental purposes.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING </heading> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="304">SEC. 304. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MANAGEMENT OF RFE/RL, INCORPORATED. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Findings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Congress finds that—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">RFE/RL, Incorporated, is essential to the continued and effective furtherance of the open flow of information and ideas throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">effective communication of information and ideas can only be accomplished if the long-term credibility of RFE/RL, Incorporated, operating in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, is maintained;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the performance of RFE/RL, Incorporated, is dependent on proper management, an objective approach to news, quality programming, and effective oversight;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Board for International Broadcasting, in addition to making grants, is responsible for overseeing broadcast quality and effectiveness and for overseeing effective utilization of Federal funds;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">RFE/RL, Incorporated, is responsible for its own management and for daily broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Board for International Broadcasting and RFE/RL, Incorporated, must remain very distinct and different institutions if they adhere to the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee on Conference relating to the Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/7" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the President of RFE/RL, Incorporated, who is responsible for the proper management and supervision of the daily operations of the radios, should devote the necessary resources and personnel to strengthen both the oversight and the quality of programming;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/8" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Board for International Broadcasting, in an effort to preserve or enhance its ability to properly oversee the operations of RFE/RL, Incorporated, must avoid even the appearance of involvement in daily operational decisions and management of RFE/RL, Incorporated; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/a/9" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the absence of satisfactory pre-broadcast review and the lack of sufficient records of actions taken to explain or remedy program problems identified through post-broadcast review, may endanger the long-term credibility of RFE/RL, Incorporated.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Actions To Be Taken by RFE/RL.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the sense of the Congress that RFE/RL, Incorporated, should—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">strengthen existing broadcast control procedures and post-broadcast program analysis; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">improve its personnel management system to include such things as better documentation of internal decisionmaking and communication, personnel review, and job description.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Actions To Be Taken by BIB.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the sense of the Congress that the Board for International Broadcasting should—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/c/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">periodically review and update the Program Policy Guidelines of RFE/RL, Incorporated, with the goal of maintaining their clarity and responsiveness; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s304/c/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that the distinctions between the Board for International Broadcasting and RFE/RL, Incorporated, remain clear and that these two entities continue to operate within the framework established by law.</content> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s305" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="305">SEC. 305. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s305/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text"><elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * *</elided></content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s305/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>22 USC 2875 note<b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Liaison with RFE/RL, Incorporated; Representation at Board Meetings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of State shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s305/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish an office within the United States Consulate in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, which shall be responsible for the daily liaison operations of the Department of State with RFE/RL, Incorporated; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s305/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">be represented by an observer at each meeting of the Board for International Broadcasting and of the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="306">SEC. 306. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TASK FORCE WITH RESPECT TO BROADCASTS TO SOVIET JEWRY. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establish Task Force.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There shall be established by the Board for International Broadcasting a task force to conduct a study of the advisability and feasibility of increasing broadcasts to the Jewish population within the Soviet Union.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Task Force shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">investigate the needs of Jewish audiences in the Soviet Union;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">study the practicality and desirability of establishing a special program, in accordance with the Program Policy Guidelines of RFE/RL, Inc., of Russian language broadcasting to the Jewish population of the Soviet Union;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">study the advisability of incorporating such a special program in a special unit of its Radio Liberty division entitled the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Radio Maccabee Program of Radio Liberty</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/b/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">make recommendations with respect to the desirable content of broadcast programming; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/b/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify the needs and concerns of the activist as well as the refusnik population in the Soviet Union.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board for International Broadcasting shall submit a report to the Congress. Such report shall include the following:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/c/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Whether expansion of original programming scheduled (“<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Jewish Cultural and Social Life</quotedText>”) or planned (“<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Judaism</quotedText>”) is fulfilling the needs of the audience, and whether expanded Soviet-Jewish programming should include broadcasts on Jewish history, culture, religion, or other matters of general cultural, intellectual, political, and religious interest to the Soviet Jewish population, as well as Hebrew education courses.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/c/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The extent to which such programming is broadcast in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/c/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Recommendations for implementing expanded programming within the structure of RFE/RL, Inc., including specific personnel required and providing for a Soviet Jewry administrative unit within Radio Liberty.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/c/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The findings of, and the recommendations from, the study required under subsection (b).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Maccabee Programming.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall strengthen existing programming dealing with issues of concern to Jewish audiences in the Soviet Union, to be known as Maccabee programming.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/99/93/tIII/s306/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Existing Personnel To Conduct Study and Make Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The study and the report required by this section shall be carried out by existing personnel of RFE, Inc., or the Board of International Broadcasting.</content> </subsection> </section>