[House Report 107-493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-493

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                     FREEDOM PROMOTION ACT OF 2002

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  June 5, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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Mr. Hyde, from the Committee on International Relations, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 3969]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on International Relations, to whom was 
referred the bill (H.R. 3969) to enhance United States public 
diplomacy, to reorganize United States international 
broadcasting, and for other purposes, having considered the 
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and 
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

                           TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
The Amendment....................................................     2
Purpose and Summary..............................................    14
Background and Need for the Legislation..........................    15
Hearings.........................................................    16
Committee Consideration..........................................    16
Votes of the Committee...........................................    16
Committee Oversight Findings.....................................    17
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................    17
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................    17
Performance Goals and Objectives.................................    20
Constitutional Authority Statement...............................    20
Section-by-Section Analysis......................................    20
New Advisory Committees..........................................    27
Congressional Accountability Act.................................    27
Federal Mandates.................................................    27
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............    27

                             The Amendment

    The amendment is as follows:
    Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom Promotion Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.

                TITLE I--UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Sec. 101. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 102. Public diplomacy responsibilities of the Department of State.
Sec. 103. Annual plan on public diplomacy strategy.
Sec. 104. Public diplomacy training.
Sec. 105. United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 106. Library program.
Sec. 107. Sense of Congress concerning public diplomacy efforts in sub-
Saharan Africa.
Sec. 108. Funding and authorization of appropriations.

   TITLE II--UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS OF THE 
                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 201. Establishment of initiatives for predominantly Muslim 
countries.
Sec. 202. Database of alumni of American and foreign participants in 
exchange programs.
Sec. 203. Report on inclusion of freedom and democracy advocates in 
educational and cultural exchange programs.
Sec. 204. Fulbright-Hays authorities.
Sec. 205. Supplemental authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 206. Supplemental authorization of appropriations for the National 
Endowment for Democracy.

 TITLE III--REORGANIZATION OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 301. Establishment of United States International Broadcasting 
Agency.
Sec. 302. Authorities and functions of the agency.
Sec. 303. Role of the secretary of State.
Sec. 304. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 305. Broadcasting Board of Governors and International 
Broadcasting Bureau.
Sec. 306. Transition.
Sec. 307. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 308. References.
Sec. 309. Broadcasting standards.
Sec. 310. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 311. Effective date.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of State.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of State.

                TITLE I--UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States possesses strong and deep connections 
        with the peoples of the world separate from its relations with 
        their governments. These connections can be a major asset in 
        the promotion of United States interests and foreign policy.
            (2) Misinformation and hostile propaganda in these 
        countries regarding the United States and its foreign policy 
        endanger the interests of the United States. Existing efforts 
        to counter such misinformation and propaganda are inadequate 
        and must be greatly enhanced in both scope and substance.
            (3) United States foreign policy has been hampered by an 
        insufficient consideration of the importance of public 
        diplomacy in the formulation and implementation of that policy 
        and by the underuse of modern communication techniques.
            (4) The United States should have an operational strategy 
        and a coordinated effort regarding the utilization of its 
        public diplomacy resources.
            (5) The development of an operational strategy and a 
        coordinated effort by United States agencies regarding public 
        diplomacy would greatly enhance United States foreign policy.
            (6) The Secretary of State has undertaken efforts to ensure 
        that of the new job positions established at the Department of 
        State after September 30, 2002, a significant proportion of the 
        positions is for public diplomacy.
    (b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to enhance in scope 
and substance, redirect, redefine, and reorganize United States public 
diplomacy.

SEC. 102. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) In General.--The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 265 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 56 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 57. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                    STATE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall make public 
diplomacy an integral component in the planning and execution of United 
States foreign policy. The Department of State, in coordination with 
the United States International Broadcasting Agency, shall develop a 
comprehensive strategy for the use of public diplomacy resources and 
assume a prominent role in coordinating the efforts of all Federal 
agencies involved in public diplomacy. Public diplomacy efforts shall 
be addressed to developed and developing countries, to select and 
general audiences, and shall utilize all available media to ensure that 
the foreign policy of the United States is properly explained and 
understood not only by the governments of countries but also by their 
peoples, with the objective of enhancing support for United States 
foreign policy. The Secretary shall ensure that the public diplomacy 
strategy of the United States is cohesive and coherent and shall 
aggressively and through the most effective mechanisms counter 
misinformation and propaganda concerning the United States. The 
Secretary shall endeavor to articulate the importance in American 
foreign policy of the guiding principles and doctrines of the United 
States, particularly freedom and democracy. The Secretary, in 
coordination with the Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency, shall develop and articulate long-
term measurable objectives for United States public diplomacy. The 
Secretary is authorized to produce and distribute public diplomacy 
programming for distribution abroad in order to achieve public 
diplomacy objectives, including through satellite communication, the 
Internet, and other established and emerging communications 
technologies.
    ``(b) Information Concerning United States Assistance.--
            ``(1) Identification of assistance.--In cooperation with 
        the Agency for International Development (AID) and other public 
        and private assistance organizations and agencies, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that information concerning foreign 
        assistance provided by the United States Government, United 
        States nongovernmental organizations and private entities, and 
        the American people is disseminated widely and prominently, 
        particularly, to the extent practicable, within countries and 
        regions that receive such assistance. The Secretary shall 
        ensure that, to the extent practicable, projects funded by the 
        Agency for International Development (AID) that do not involve 
        commodities, including projects implemented by private 
        voluntary organizations, are identified as being supported by 
        the United States of America, as American Aid or provided by 
        the American people.
            ``(2) Report to congress.--Not later than 120 days after 
        the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit a 
        report to the Committee on International Relations of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
        the Senate on efforts to disseminate information concerning 
        assistance described in paragraph (1) during the preceding 
        fiscal year. Each such report shall include specific 
        information concerning all instances in which the Agency for 
        International Development has not identified projects in the 
        manner prescribed in paragraph (1) because such indentification 
        was not practicable. Any such report shall be submitted in 
        unclassified form, but may include a classified appendix.
    ``(c) Authority.-- Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
the Secretary may contract with and compensate government and private 
agencies or persons for property and services to carry out this 
section.''.
    (b) Establishment of Public Diplomacy Reserve Corps.--
            (1) The Secretary of State shall establish a public 
        diplomacy reserve corps to augment the public diplomacy 
        capacity and capabilities of the Department in emergency and 
        critical circumstances worldwide. The Secretary shall develop a 
        detailed action plan for the temporary deployment and use of 
        the corps to bolster public diplomacy resources and expertise. 
        To the extent considered necessary and appropriate, the 
        Secretary may recruit experts in public diplomacy and related 
        fields from the private sector and utilize the expertise of 
        former employees of the Department in implementing this 
        subsection.
            (2) While actively serving with the reserve corps, 
        individuals are prohibited from engaging in activities directly 
        or indirectly intended to influence public opinion within the 
        United States to the same degree that employees of the 
        Department engaged in public diplomacy are so prohibited.
    (c) Technology and Equipment Upgrades.--
            (1) The Secretary shall establish a fully capable 
        multimedia programming and distribution capacity including 
        satellite, Internet, and other services, and also including the 
        capability to acquire and produce audio and video feeds and 
        Internet streaming to foreign news organizations. The 
        technology and equipment upgrades under the first sentence 
        shall be fully implemented within 2 years of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) To the extent practicable, activities under this 
        subsection shall utilize the facilities of the United States 
        International Broadcasting Agency established by title III for 
        the purpose of furthering the public diplomacy objectives of 
        the Department of state as enunciated in this section. The 
        Secretary shall reimburse the reasonable expenses of the United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency which are incurred as 
        a result of the Department's use of the Agency's facilities.
    (d) Functions of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.--
            (1) Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic 
        Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(3)) is amended by 
        striking ``formation'' and all that follows through the period 
        at the end and inserting ``formation, supervision, and 
        implementation of United States public diplomacy policies, 
        programs, and activities, including the provision of guidance 
        to Department personnel in the United States and overseas who 
        conduct or implement such policies, programs, and activities. 
        The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy shall assist the 
        United States Agency for International Broadcasting in 
        presenting the policies of the United States clearly and 
        effectively, shall submit statements of United States policy 
        and editorial material to the Agency for broadcast 
        consideration in addition to material prepared by the Agency, 
        and shall ensure that editorial material created by the Agency 
        for broadcast is reviewed expeditiously by the Department.''.
            (2) The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, in carrying 
        out the functions under the last sentence of section 1(b)(3) of 
        the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by 
        paragraph (1), shall consult public diplomacy officers 
        operating at United States overseas posts and in the regional 
        bureaus of the Department of State.

SEC. 103. ANNUAL PLAN ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY.

    The Secretary of State, in coordination with all appropriate 
Federal agencies, shall prepare an annual review and analysis of the 
impact of public diplomacy efforts on target audiences. Each review 
shall assess the United States public diplomacy strategy worldwide and 
by region, including the allocation of resources and an evaluation and 
assessment of the progress in, and barriers to, achieving the goals set 
forth under previous plans submitted under this section. On the basis 
of such review, the Secretary of State, in coordination with all 
appropriate Federal agencies shall develop and submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an annual plan for the 
implementation of public diplomacy strategy which specifies goals, 
agency responsibilities, and necessary resources and mechanisms for 
achieving such goals during the next fiscal year. The plan may be 
submitted in classified form.

SEC. 104. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Foreign Service should recruit individuals with 
        expertise and professional experience in public diplomacy.
            (2) Ambassadors should have a prominent role in the 
        formulation of public diplomacy strategies for the countries 
        and regions to which they are assigned and be accountable for 
        the operation and success of public diplomacy efforts at their 
        posts.
            (3) Initial and subsequent training of Foreign Service 
        officers should be enhanced to include information and training 
        on public diplomacy and the tools and technology of mass 
        communication.
    (b) Personnel.--
            (1) In the recruitment, training, and assignment of members 
        of the Foreign Service, the Secretary shall emphasize the 
        importance of public diplomacy and of applicable skills and 
        techniques. The Secretary shall consider the priority 
        recruitment into the Foreign Service, at middle-level entry, of 
        individuals with expertise and professional experience in 
        public diplomacy or mass communications, especially individuals 
        with language facility and experience in particular countries 
        and regions.
            (2) The Secretary of State shall seek to increase the 
        number of Foreign Service officers proficient in languages 
        spoken in predominantly Muslim countries. Such increase shall 
        be accomplished through the recruitment of new officers and 
        incentives for officers in service.

SEC. 105. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

    (a) Study and Report by United States Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy.--Section 604(c)(2) of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469(c)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(2)(A) Not less often than every two years, the Commission shall 
undertake an indepth review of United Sttes public diplomacy programs, 
policies, and activities. Each study shall assess the effectiveness of 
the various mechanisms of United States public diplomacy, in light of 
factors including public and media attitudes around the world toward 
the United States, Americans, and United States foreign policy, and 
make appropriate recommendations.
    ``(B) A comprehensive report of each study under subparagraph (A) 
shall be submitted to the Secretary of State and the appropriate 
congressional committees. At the discretion of the Commission, any 
report under this subsection may be submitted in classified form or 
with a classified appendix.
    (b) Information and Support From Other Agencies.--Upon request of 
the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, the 
Secretary of State, the Director of the United States International 
Broadcasting Agency, and the head of any other Federal agency that 
conducts public diplomacy programs and activities shall provide 
information to the Advisory Commission to assist in carrying out the 
responsibilities under section 604(c)(5) of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (as amended by 
subsection (a)).
    (c) Enhancing the Expertise of United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy.--
            (1) Qualifications of members.--Section 604(a)(2) of the 
        United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 
        (22 U.S.C. 1469(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following: ``At least 4 members shall have substantial 
        experience in the conduct of public diplomacy or comparable 
        activities in the private sector. No member shall be an officer 
        or employee of the United States.''.
            (2) Application of amendment.--The amendments made by 
        paragraph (1) shall not apply to individuals who are members of 
        the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 106. LIBRARY PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of State shall develop and implement a demonstration 
program to assist foreign governments to establish or upgrade their 
public library systems to improve literacy and support public 
education. The program should provide training in the library sciences. 
The purpose of the program shall be to advance American values and 
society, particularly the importance of freedom and democracy.

SEC. 107. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-
                    SAHARAN AFRICA.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) A significant number of sub-Saharan African countries 
        have predominantly Muslim populations, including such key 
        countries as Nigeria, Senegal, Djibouti, Mauritania, and 
        Guinea.
            (2) In several of these countries, groups with links to 
        militant religious organizations are active among the youth, 
        primarily young men, promoting a philosophy and practice of 
        intolerance and radical clerics are effectively mobilizing 
        public sentiment against the United States.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Secretary should include countries in sub-Saharan Africa with 
predominantly Muslim populations in the public diplomacy activities 
authorized by this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 108. FUNDING AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for the 
Diplomatic and Consular Programs of the Department of State, 
$297,759,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and $512,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2003 shall be available only for public diplomacy programs and 
activities as carried out prior to the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998, other than programs of educational and 
cultural exchange.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations for Improvements in Public 
Diplomacy Programs.--
            (1) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be 
        appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated 
        $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for 
        Diplomatic and Consular Programs of the Department of State 
        which shall be available only for improvements and 
        modernization of public diplomacy programs and activities of 
        the Department of State as carried out prior to the Foreign 
        Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, other than 
        programs of educational and cultural exchange.
            (2) Limitations.--
                    (A) Translation services.--Of the amounts 
                authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1), 
                $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 
                is authorized to be appropriated only for translation 
                services available to public affairs officers in 
                overseas posts.
                    (B) Broadcast services.--Of the amounts authorized 
                to be appropriated by paragraph (1), $7,500,000 for 
                each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 is authorized to 
                be appropriated only for the Office of Broadcast 
                Services to carry out section 102(c).

   TITLE II--UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS OF THE 
                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVES FOR PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM 
                    COUNTRIES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Surveys indicate that, in countries of predominantly 
        Muslim population, opinions of the United States and American 
        foreign policy among the general public and select audiences 
        are significantly distorted by highly negative and hostile 
        beliefs and images and that many of these beliefs and images 
        are the result of misinformation and propaganda by individuals 
        and organizations hostile to the United States.
            (2) These negative opinions and images are highly 
        prejudicial to the interests of the United States and to its 
        foreign policy.
            (3) As part of a broad and long-term effort to enhance a 
        positive image of the United States in the Muslim world, a key 
        element should be the establishment of programs to promote a 
        greater familiarity with American society and values among the 
        general public and select audiences in countries of 
        predominantly Muslim population.
    (b) Establishment of Initiatives.--The Secretary of State shall 
establish the following programs with countries with predominantly 
Muslim populations as part of the educational and cultural exchange 
programs of the Department of State:
            (1) Journalism program.--A program for foreign journalists, 
        editors, and postsecondary students of journalism which, in 
        cooperation with private sector sponsors to include 
        universities, shall sponsor workshops and professional training 
        in techniques, standards, and practices in the field of 
        journalism to assist the participants to achieve the highest 
        standards of professionalism.
            (2) English language teaching.--The Secretary shall 
        establish a program to provide grants to United States citizens 
        to work in middle and secondary schools as English language 
        teaching assistants for not less than an academic year. If 
        feasible, the host government or local educational agency shall 
        share the salary costs of the assistants.
            (3) Sister city partnerships.--The Secretary shall expand 
        and enhance sister-city partnerships between United States and 
        international municipalities in an effort to increase global 
        cooperation at the community level. Such partnerships shall 
        encourage economic development, municipal cooperation, health 
        care initiatives, youth and educational programs, disability 
        advocacy, emergency preparedness, and humanitarian assistance.
            (4) Youth ambassadors.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        program for visits by middle and secondary school students to 
        the United States during school holidays in their home country 
        for periods not to exceed 4 weeks. Participating students shall 
        reflect the economic and geographic diversity of their 
        countries. Activities shall include cultural and educational 
        activities designed to familiarize participating students with 
        American society and values. To the extent practicable, such 
        visits shall be coordinated with middle and secondary schools 
        in the United States to provide for school-based activities and 
        interactions. The Secretary shall encourage the establishment 
        of direct school-to-school linkages under the program.
            (5) Fulbright exchange program.--The Secretary shall seek 
        to substantially increase the number of awards under the J. 
        William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program to graduate 
        students, scholars, professionals, teachers, and administrators 
        from the United States who are applying for such awards to 
        study, teach, conduct research, or pursue scholarship in 
        predominantly Muslim countries. Part of such increase shall 
        include awards for scholars and teachers who plan to teach 
        subjects relating to American studies.
            (6) Hubert h. humphrey fellowships.--The Secretary shall 
        seek to substantially increase the number of Hubert H. Humphrey 
        Fellowships awarded to candidates from predominantly Muslim 
        countries.
            (7) Library training exchange program.--The Secretary shall 
        develop an exchange program for postgradute students seeking 
        additional training in the library sciences and related fields.
    (c) General Provision.--Programs established under this section 
shall be carried out under the provisions of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.

SEC. 202. DATABASE OF ALUMNI OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS IN 
                    EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

    To the extent practicable, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the heads of other agencies that conduct international exchange 
and training programs, shall establish and maintain a database listing 
all American and foreign alumni of such programs in order to encourage 
networking, interaction, and communication with alumni.

SEC. 203. REPORT ON INCLUSION OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES IN 
                    EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress a report concerning 
the implementation of section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and 
Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996. The report shall 
include information concerning the number of grants to conduct exchange 
programs to countries described in such section that have been 
submitted for competitive bidding, what measures have been taken to 
ensure that willingness to include supporters of freedom and democracy 
in such programs is given appropriate weight in the selection of 
grantees, and an evaluation of whether United States exchange programs 
in the countries described in such section are fully open to supporters 
of freedom and democracy, and, if not, what obstacles remain and what 
measures are being taken to implement such policy.

SEC. 204. FULBRIGHT-HAYS AUTHORITIES.

    Section 112(d) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460) is amended by striking ``operating under the 
authority of this Act and consistent with'' and inserting ``which 
operate under the authority of this Act or promote''.

SEC. 205. SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    In addition to such amounts as are otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 there are 
authorized to be appropriated $35,000,000 for educational and cultural 
exchange programs of the Department of State.

SEC. 206. SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL 
                    ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.

    In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 
the fiscal years 2002 and 2003, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2003 for the National Endowment for Democracy to fund programs that 
promote democracy, good governance, the rule of law, independent media, 
religious tolerance, the rights of women, and strengthening of civil 
society in countries of predominantly Muslim population within the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the Department of 
State.

 TITLE III--REORGANIZATION OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
                    AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Section 304 of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
                    AGENCY.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established as an independent agency 
in the executive branch the United States International Broadcasting 
Agency (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the `Agency').
    ``(b) Board of Governors of the Agency.--
            ``(1) Head of agency.--The Agency shall be headed by the 
        Board of Governors of the United States International 
        Broadcasting Agency (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
        `Board of Governors').
            ``(2) Authorities and functions.--The Board of Goverors 
        shall--
                    ``(A) carry out the authorities and functions of 
                the Agency under section 305; and
                    ``(B) be responsible for the exercise of all 
                authorities and powers and the discharge of all duties 
                and functions of the Agency.
            ``(3) Composition of the board of governors.--
                    ``(A) The Board of Governors shall consist of 9 
                members, as follows:
                            ``(i) Eight voting members who shall be 
                        appointed by the President, by and with the 
                        advice and consent of the Senate.
                            ``(ii) The Secretary of State who shall 
                        also be a voting member.
                    ``(B) The President shall appoint one member (other 
                than the Secretary of State) as Chair of the Board of 
                Governors, subject to the advice and consent of the 
                Senate.
                    ``(C) Exclusive of the Secretary of State, not more 
                than 4 of the members of the Board of Governors 
                appointed by the President shall be of the same 
                political party.
            ``(4) Term of office.--The term of office of each member of 
        the Board of Governors shall be three years, except that the 
        Secretary of State shall remain a member of the Board of 
        Governors during the Secretary's term of service. The President 
        shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 
        Senate, board members to fill vacancies occurring prior to the 
        expiration of a term, in which case the members so appointed 
        shall serve for the remainder of such term. Any member whose 
        term has expired may serve until a successor has been appointed 
        and qualified. When there is no Secretary of State, the Acting 
        Secretary of State shall serve as a member of the board until a 
        Secretary is appointed.
            ``(5) Selection of board of governors.--Members of the 
        Board of Governors appointed by the President shall be citizens 
        of the United States who are not regular full-time employees of 
        the United States Government. Such members shall be selected by 
        the President from among Americans distinguished in the fields 
        of mass communications, print, broadcast media, or foreign 
        affairs.
            ``(6) Compensation.--Members of the Board of Governors, 
        while attending meetings of the board or while engaged in 
        duties relating to such meetings or in other activities of the 
        board pursuant to this section (including travel time) shall be 
        entitled to receive compensation equal to the daily equivalent 
        of the compensation prescribed for level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
        While away from their homes or regular places of business, 
        members of the board may be allowed travel expenses, including 
        per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for 
        persons in the Government service employed intermittently. The 
        Secretary of State shall not be entitled to any compensation 
        under this title, but may be allowed travel expenses as 
        provided under this subsection.
            ``(7) Decisions.--Decisions of the Board of Governors shall 
        be made by majority vote, a quorum being present. A quorum 
        shall consist of 5 members.
            ``(8) Immunity From civil liability.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, any and all limitations on liability 
        that apply to the members of the Board of Governors also shall 
        apply to such members when acting in their capacities as 
        members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated and 
        Radio Free Asia.
    ``(c) Director.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--The Board of Governors shall appoint a 
        Director of the Agency. The Director shall receive basic pay at 
        the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. The Director may 
        be removed through a majority vote of the Board.
            ``(2) Functions and duties.--The Director shall have the 
        following functions and duties:
                    ``(A) To exercise the authorities delegated by the 
                Board of Governors pursuant to section 305(b).
                    ``(B) To carry out all broadcasting activities 
                conducted pursuant to this title, the Radio 
                Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television 
                Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
                    ``(C) To examine and make recommendations to the 
                Board of Governors on long-term strategies for the 
                future of international broadcasting, including the use 
                of new technologies.
                    ``(D) To review engineering activities to ensure 
                that all broadcasting elements receive the highest 
                quality and cost-effective delivery services.
                    ``(E) To procure supplies, services, and other 
                personal property to carry out the functions of the 
                Agency.
                    ``(F) To obligate and expend, for official 
                reception and representation expenses, such amounts as 
                may be made available through appropriations.
                    ``(G) To provide for the use of United States 
                Government transmitter capacity for relay of 
                broadcasting by grantees.
                    ``(H) To procure temporary and intermittent 
                personal services to the same extent as is authorized 
                by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at 
                rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate 
                provided for positions classified above grade GS-15 of 
                the General Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, 
                United States Code.
                    ``(I) To procure for the Agency, pursuant to 
                section 1535 of title 31, United States Code goods and 
                services from other departments or agencies.
                    ``(J) To the extent funds are available, to lease 
                space and acquire personal property for the Agency.
    ``(d) Inspector General Authorities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Inspector General of the Department 
        of State shall exercise the same authorities with respect to 
        the Agency as the Inspector General exercises under the 
        Inspector General Act of 1978 and section 209 of the Foreign 
        Service Act of 1980 with respect to the Department of State.
            ``(2) Respect for journalistic integrity of broadcasters.--
        The Inspector General of the Department of State and the 
        Foreign Service shall respect the journalistic integrity of all 
        the broadcasters covered by this title and may not evaluate the 
        philosophical or political perspectives reflected in the 
        content of broadcasts.''.
    (b) Retention of Existing Board Members.--The members of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors appointed by the President pursuant to 
section 304 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 
on the day before the effective date of this title and holding office 
as of that date may serve the remainder of their terms of office as 
members of the Board of Governors established under subsection (b) 
without reappointment, or if their term has expired may serve until a 
successor is appointed and qualified.

SEC. 302. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY.

    Section 305 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 305. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY.

    ``(a) The Agency shall have the following authorities and 
functions:
            ``(1) To supervise all broadcasting activities conducted 
        pursuant to this title, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and 
        the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
            ``(2) To review and evaluate the mission and operation of, 
        and to assess the quality, effectiveness, and professional 
        integrity of, all such activities within the context of the 
        broad foreign policy objectives of the United States and the 
        guiding principles and doctrines of the United States, 
        particularly freedom and democracy.
            ``(3) To develop strategic goals after reviewing human 
        rights reporting and other reliable assessments to assist in 
        determining programming and resource allocation.
            ``(4) To ensure that United States international 
        broadcasting is conducted in accordance with the standards and 
        principles contained in section 303.
            ``(5) To review, evaluate, and determine, at least 
        annually, after consultation with the Secretary of State, the 
        addition or deletion of language services.
            ``(6) To make and supervise grants for broadcasting and 
        related activities in accordance with sections 308 and 309.
            ``(7) To allocate funds appropriated for international 
        broadcasting activities among the various elements of the 
        Agency and grantees, subject to the limitations in sections 308 
        and 309 and subject to reprogramming notification requirements 
        in law for the reallocation of funds.
            ``(8) To undertake such studies as may be necessary to 
        identify areas in which broadcasting activities under its 
        authority could be made more efficient and economical.
            ``(9) To submit to the President and the Congress an annual 
        report which summarizes and evaluates activities under this 
        title, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television 
        Broadcasting to Cuba Act, placing special emphasis on the 
        assessment described in paragraph (2).
            ``(10) To make available in the annual report required by 
        paragraph (9) information on funds expended on administrative 
        and managerial services by the Agency and by grantees and the 
        steps the Agency has taken to reduce unnecessary overhead costs 
        for each of the broadcasting services.
            ``(11) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV, V, VII, 
        VIII, IX, and X of the United States Information and 
        Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and section 6 of 
        Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as in effect on the day 
        before the effective date of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs 
        Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998, to the extent the Director 
        considers necessary in carrying out the provisions and purposes 
        of this title.
            ``(12) To utilize the authorities of any other statute, 
        reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, 
        determination, or other official document or proceeding that 
        had been available to the Director of the United States 
        Information Agency, the Bureau, or the Board before the 
        effective date of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs 
        Consolidation Act of 1998 for carrying out the broadcasting 
        activities covered by this title.
    ``(b) Delegation of Authority.--The Board of Governors may delegate 
to the Director of the Agency, or any other officer or employee of the 
United States, the authorities provided in this section, except those 
authorities provided in paragraph (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) 
of subsection (a).
    ``(c) Broadcasting Budgets.--Director and the grantees identified 
in sections 308 and 309 shall submit proposed budgets to the Board. The 
Board shall forward its recommendations concerning the proposed budget 
for the Board and broadcasting activities under this title, the Radio 
Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act 
to the Office of Management and Budget.''.

SEC. 303. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

    Section 306 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994 (22 U.S.C. 6205) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 306. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

    ``To assist the Agency in carrying out its functions, the Secretary 
of State shall provide such information and guidance on foreign policy 
and public diplomacy issues to the Agency as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.''.

SEC. 304. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    The United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended 
by striking section 307 and inserting the following new section:

``SEC. 307. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Officers and Employees.--The Board of Governors may appoint 
and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as may be 
necessary to carry out the functions of the Agency. Except as otherwise 
provided by law, such officers and employees shall be appointed in 
accordance with the civil service laws and their compensation shall be 
fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code.
    ``(b) Experts and Consultants.--The Board of Governors, as may be 
provided in appropriation Acts, may obtain the services of experts and 
consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, and may compensate such experts and consultants at rates not to 
exceed the daily rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(c) Acceptance of Voluntary Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 
        31, United States Code, the Board of Governors may accept, 
        subject to regulations issued by the Office of Personnel 
        Management, voluntary services if such services--
                    ``(A) are to be uncompensated; and
                    ``(B) are not used to displace any employee.
            ``(2) Treatment.--Any individual who provides voluntary 
        services under this section shall not be considered a Federal 
        employee for any purpose other than for purposes of chapter 81 
        of title 5, United States Code (relating to compensation for 
        injury) and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28, United 
        States Code (relating to tort claims).
    ``(d) Delegation.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the 
Board of Governors may delegate any function to the Director and such 
other officers and employees of the Agency as the Board of Governors 
may designate, and may authorize such successive redelegations of such 
functions within the Agency as may be necessary or appropriate.
    ``(e) Contracts.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 and other applicable 
        Federal law, the Board of Governors may make, enter into, and 
        perform such contracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, 
        and other similar transactions with Federal or other public 
        agencies (including State and local governments) and private 
        organizations and persons, and to make such payments, by way of 
        advance or reimbursement, as the Board of Governors may 
        determine necessary or appropriate to carry out functions of 
        the Board of Governors or the Agency.
            ``(2) Appropriation authority required.--No authority to 
        enter into contracts or to make payments under this title shall 
        be effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are 
        provided in advance under appropriation Acts.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Director may prescribe such rules and 
regulations as the Board of Governors considers necessary or 
appropriate to administer and manage the functions of the Agency, in 
accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(g) Seal.--The Director shall cause a seal of office to be made 
for the Agency of such design as the Board of Governors shall approve. 
Judicial notice shall be taken of such seal.''.

SEC. 305. BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND INTERNATIONAL 
                    BROADCASTING BUREAU.

    The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International 
Broadcasting Bureau are abolished.

SEC. 306. TRANSITION.

    (a) Transfer of Functions.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
title or an amendment made by this title, all functions that on the day 
before the effective date specified in section 311 are authorized to be 
performed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International 
Broadcasting Bureau and any officer, employee, or component of such 
entities, under any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or 
other provision of law, are transferred to the Agency established under 
this title effective on that date.
    (b) Determination of Certain Functions.--If necessary, the Office 
of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions 
that are transferred under this title.
    (c) Transition Provisions.--
            (1) Exercise of authorities.--Except as otherwise provided 
        by law, the Board of Governors may, for purposes of performing 
        a function that is transferred to the Agency by this title, 
        exercise all authorities under any other provision of law that 
        were available with respect to the performance of that function 
        to the official responsible for the performance of that 
        function on the day before the effective date specified in 
        section 310.
            (2) Authorities to wind up affairs.--
                    (A) The Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget may take such actions as the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget considers necessary to 
                wind up any outstanding affairs of the Broadcasting 
                Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting 
                Bureau associated with the functions that are 
                transferred pursuant to subsection (a).
                    (B) The Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget may take such actions as the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget considers necessary to 
                wind up any outstanding affairs of the Broadcasting 
                Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting 
                Bureau associated with the functions that are 
                transferred pursuant to subsection (a).
            (3) Transfer of assets.--Any property, records, unexpended 
        balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds 
        employed, used, held, available, or to be made available in 
        connection with a function transferred to the Agency by this 
        Act are transferred on the effective date specified in section 
        310.

SEC. 307. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994.--The 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Section 308 (22 U.S.C. 6207) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``The Board'' and inserting 
                        ``The Agency''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (1) by striking 
                        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and 
                        inserting ``Board Governors of the 
                        International Broadcasting Agency'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (2);
                            (ii) by striking ``(1)''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``Board'' both places it 
                        appears and inserting ``Agency'';
                    (C) in subsections (c), (d), (g), (h), and (i) by 
                striking ``Board'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``Agency'';
                    (D) in subsection (g)(4) by striking 
                ``International Broadcasting Bureau'' and inserting 
                ``Agency''; and
                    (E) in subsections (i) and (j) by striking ``and 
                the Foreign Service'' each place it appears.
            (2) Section 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ``Board'' both 
                places it appears and inserting ``Agency'';
                    (B) by striking subsection (e);
                    (C) in subsections (f) and (g) by striking 
                ``Board'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``Agency''; and
                    (D) in subsection (g) by striking ``Chairman of the 
                Board'' and inserting ``Agency''.
            (3) By striking section 311 (22 U.S.C. 6210).
            (4) In section 313 (22 U.S.C. 6212) by striking ``Board'' 
        and inserting ``Agency''.
            (5) In section 314 (22 U.S.C. 6213) by striking paragraph 
        (2).
            (6) By striking section 315.
    (b) Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
1996.--Section 107 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6037) is amended in subsections (a) 
and (b) by striking ``International Broadcasting Bureau'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``United States International Broadcasting 
Agency''.
    (c) Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act.--The Radio Broadcasting to Cuba 
Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.) is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 3 (22 U.S.C. 1465a) as follows:
                    (A) In the section heading by striking 
                ``BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS'' and inserting 
                ``UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AGENCY''.
                    (B) In subsection (a) by striking ``the `Board')'' 
                and inserting ``the `Agency')''.
                    (C) In subsections (a), (d), and (f) by striking 
                ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting 
                ``United States International Broadcasting Agency''.
            (3) In section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b) as follows:
                    (A) In the first sentence by striking ``The'' and 
                all that follows through ``Bureau'' and inserting: 
                ``The Board of Governors of the United States 
                International Broadcasting Agency shall establish 
                within the Agency''.
                    (B) In the third sentence by striking 
                ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting 
                ``Board of Governors of the United States International 
                Broadcasting Agency''.
                    (C) In the fourth sentence by striking ``Board of 
                the International Broadcasting Bureau'' and inserting 
                ``Board of Governors of the United States International 
                Broadcasting Agency''.
            (4) In section 5 (22 U.S.C. 1465c) as follows:
                    (A) In subsection (b) by striking ``Broadcasting 
                Board of Governors'' and inserting ``Board of Governors 
                of the United States International Broadcasting 
                Agency''.
                    (B) By striking ``Board'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``Advisory Board''.
            (5) In section 6 (22 U.S.C. 1465d) as follows:
                    (A) In subsection (a) by striking ``Broadcasting 
                Board of Governors'' and inserting ``United States 
                International Broadcasting Agency'' and by striking 
                ``Board'' and inserting ``Board of Directors of the 
                United States International Broadcasting Agency''.
                    (B) In subsection (b) by striking ``Board'' and 
                inserting ``United States International Broadcasting 
                Agency''.
            (6) In section 7 (22 U.S.C. 1465e) by striking ``Board'' in 
        subsections (b) and (d) and inserting ``United States 
        International Broadcasting Agency''.
            (7) In section 8(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465f(a)), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting ``United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency''.
    (d) Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.--The Television 
Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa note) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 243(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb) is amended by 
        striking ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting 
        ``United States International Broadcasting Agency''.
            (2) Section 244 (22 U.S.C. 1465cc) is amended as follows:
                    (A) In subsection (a) by amending the third 
                sentence to read as follows: ``The Board of Governors 
                of the United States International Broadcasting Agency 
                shall appoint a head of the Service who shall report 
                directly to the Board of Governors.''.
                    (B) In subsection (b) by striking ``Board'' and 
                inserting ``United States International Broadcasting 
                Agency''.
                    (C) In subsection (c) by striking ``The Board'' and 
                inserting ``The Agency'' and by striking ``Board 
                determines'' and inserting ``Board of Governors of the 
                United States International Broadcasting Agency 
                determines''.
            (3) In section 246 (22 U.S.C. 1465dd) by striking ``United 
        States Information Agency'' and inserting ``United States 
        International Broadcasting Agency'' and by striking ``Board'' 
        and inserting ``Board of Governors of the United States 
        International Broadcasting Agency''.
    (e) United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948.--The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``United States International Broadcasting Agency''; 
        and
            (2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))--
                    (A) by striking ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' 
                and inserting ``United States International 
                Broadcasting Agency''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Board'' and inserting ``Agency''.
    (e) Foreign Service Act of 1980.--The Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 202(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)(1)), by 
        striking ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting 
        ``United States International Broadcasting Agency'';
            (2) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting ``United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency'';
            (3) in section 1003(a) (22 U.S.C. 4103(a)), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting ``United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency''; and
            (4) in section 1101(c) (22 U.S.C. 4131(c)), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors,'' and inserting ``the United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency,''.
    (f) State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.--The State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 23(a) (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors,'' and inserting ``United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency,'';
            (2) in section 25(f) (22 U.S.C. 2697(f)--
                    (A) by striking ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' 
                and inserting ``United States International 
                Broadcasting Agency''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Board and the Agency'' and 
                inserting ``their respective agencies'';
            (3) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b))--
                    (A) by striking `Broadcasting Board of Governors,'' 
                and inserting ``United States International 
                Broadcasting Agency''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Board and the Agency'' and 
                inserting ``their respective agencies''; and
            (4) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), by striking 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' and inserting ``United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency''.
    (g) Title 5, United States Code.--Section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Director of the International 
        Broadcasting Bureau.''.
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Director, United 
        States International Broadcasting Agency.''.

SEC. 308. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise provided in this title or an amendment made by 
this title, any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, 
Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other 
official document or proceeding to the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
and the International Broadcasting Bureau or any other officer or 
employee of the Broadcasting Board of Governors or the International 
Broadcasting Bureau shall be deemed to refer to the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency or the Board of Governors of the 
United States International Broadcasting Agency established under this 
title.

SEC. 309. BROADCASTING STANDARDS.

    Section 303(a) of the United States International Broadcasting Act 
of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6) by striking ``and'';
            (2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding after paragraph (8) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(9) seek to ensure that resources are allocated to 
        broadcasts directed at people whose governments deny freedom of 
        expression or who are otherwise in special need of honest and 
        professional broadcasting, commensurate with the need for such 
        broadcasts.''.

SEC. 310. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to such amounts 
as are otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
2003, there are authorized to be appropriated $135,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2003 for the Broadcasting Board of Governors to expand 
television and radio broadcasting to countries with predominantly 
Muslim populations and to support audience development.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 311. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided, this title and the amendments made by 
this title shall take effect on the last day of the 6-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

                          Purpose and Summary

    The purpose of this Act is to enhance in scope and 
substance, redirect, redefine, and reorganize United States 
public diplomacy.
    ``Public diplomacy'' is the term that has long been used to 
describe efforts by our government to communicate with the 
peoples of other nations directly, rather than addressing such 
communication solely to the governments of these nations. 
United States public diplomacy programs include international 
broadcasting services (Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Marti), educational 
and cultural exchanges, and a wide variety of other 
international information programs.
    The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United 
States focused our attention on the degree to which the United 
States image overseas is tarnished. Much of the international 
press, often including the government-owned media, daily 
depicts the United States as a force for evil and accuses this 
country of an unceasing number of malevolent plots against the 
world. The poisonous image of the United States that is 
deliberately propagated around the world undermines our foreign 
policy goals and endangers the safety of Americans at home and 
abroad.
    The sum of our public diplomacy efforts over the years has 
proved to be insufficient. This legislation is an attempt to 
reinvigorate efforts and the commitment at the highest levels 
of our government to a strategically drawn and creatively 
crafted public diplomacy program. Title I sets forth the need 
for a comprehensive and coordinated public diplomacy strategy 
that is developed as an integral part of United States foreign 
policy. It amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to 
require that the Secretary of State make public diplomacy an 
integral component in the planning and execution of U.S. 
foreign policy. The Secretary of State is urged to use modern 
communications technology to achieve greater reach of the 
United States message. This title also requires the Secretary 
to establish a public diplomacy reserve corps to augment needs 
during a crisis, requires an annual plan on public diplomacy 
strategy, and encourages in depth training in public diplomacy 
and the recruitment of people proficient in relevant foreign 
languages. It also provides an authorization of $20 million for 
modernization of communication technology and support of public 
diplomacy programs.
    Title II is a series of initiatives for predominately 
Muslim countries. It sets out a variety of programs of exchange 
and training of individuals from predominatley Muslim countries 
and requires a data base for alumni of American and foreign 
participants in exchange programs.
    Title III provides for a reorganization of the current 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and renames it the United 
States International Broadcasting Agency. The legislation 
retains the part time Board as head of agency, and provides for 
the appointment by the Board of a full time director. The 
reorganization is designed to ensure accountability by an 
identified decision maker while causing minimal disruption to 
broadcasting operations and preserving the authorities and 
independence of the Board. The Board will retain operational 
control of grants to entities including Radio Liberty, Radio 
Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe. This title also authorizes 
$135 million to expand television and radio broadcasting to 
countries with predominately Muslim populations.

INTRODUCED: March 14, 2001

                Background and Need for the Legislation

    The United States conducts the world's only truly global 
foreign policy. Embracing a broad range of subjects, from the 
political and military to the economic and cultural, this 
effort centers on an elaborate array of official relationships 
with the nearly 200 sovereign governments and scores of 
international organizations. This is a complex and important 
undertaking with many successes to its credit.
    But something is missing. Despite the comprehensive scope 
of our foreign policy, the necessary focus on relationships 
with governments and official organizations has led the United 
States to overlook a set of powerful allies: the peoples of the 
world.
    Uniquely among the world's powers, the United States 
possesses an extensive network of associations and shared 
interests with the people of virtually every country in the 
world. These connections are typically independent of any 
formal relationship with their governments.
    These ties extend across an amalgam of cultural, economic, 
familiar and other links. But among the most powerful is a bond 
that derives from the values America represents. At its core is 
the belief that these values have universal application, that 
they are inherent in individuals and peoples by right and not 
by the grace of governments or international organizations.
    Public diplomacy--which consists of the systematic effort 
to communicate not only with governments but also with the 
people they govern or rule over--has a central role to play in 
the task of making the world safer for the just interests of 
the United States, its citizens, and its allies. In order for 
the potential of United States public diplomacy efforts to be 
fully realized, however, these efforts must be reshaped to 
ensure that they speak effectively and directly to the peoples 
of the world, bypassing their governments and ruling elites.
    There are any number of good ideas on how to go about doing 
this. In the country that invented Hollywood and Madison 
Avenue, the most obvious source of innovation is the private 
sector, which has developed elaborate techniques for 
understanding populations and crafting compelling messages. 
Modern communications media, from satellite television to the 
Internet, provide an expanding array of channels to ever-larger 
segments of foreign populations. Not to be overlooked is the 
public diplomacy bureaucracy itself, where valuable expertise 
lies underutilized and many have labored in frustration for 
decades.
    If we are to be successful in our broader foreign policy 
goals, America's effort to engage the peoples of the world must 
assume a more prominent place in the planning and execution of 
our foreign policy. The task of countering misinformation and 
propaganda regarding the United States is a never-ending one, 
but we must go about this task more aggressively and more 
systematically, rather than simply reacting to crises as they 
occur. Responsibility for the execution and success of this 
effort must be shared at all levels, beginning with the 
President and the Congress.
    We have much to do, but we must never forget that, beyond 
the islands of hatred populated by vocal enemies of America and 
its values, there is an enormous reservoir of good will and 
that legions of silent allies await.

                                Hearings

    The Committee held two hearings. On October 10, 2001 
testimony was received from Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary 
for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State; Marc Nathanson, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of 
Governors; Ambassador Kenton Keith, Senior Vice President for 
Programming, Meridian International Center; and Norman J. 
Pattiz, Founder & Chairman, Westwood One, Inc., member, 
Broadcasting Board of Governors. The second hearing was held 
November 14, 2001 with testimony received from Ambassador 
Edward S. Walker, Jr., President, Middle East Institute, former 
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates 
and former Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State); John W. Leslie, Jr., Chairman, Weber 
Shandwick; Robert L. Wehling, Former Chairman, Advertising 
Council, Retired Global Marketing Officer, Procter & Gamble; 
Mouafac Harb, Washington Bureau Chief, Al Hayat Newspaper; John 
Romano, Producer/Writer.

                        Committee Consideration

    On April 25, 2002, the Committee on International Relations 
marked up the bill, H.R. 3969, pursuant to notice in open 
session. The Committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute and 5 other amendments, and a quorum being present 
agreed by voice vote to a motion offered by Chairman Hyde to 
favorably report the bill as amended to the House of 
Representatives.

                         Votes of the Committee

    There were no recorded votes during the consideration of 
the bill.

                      Committee Oversight Findings

    In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives , the Committee reports that 
the findings and recommendations of the Committee, based on 
oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives are incorporated in the 
descriptive portions of this report.

               New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures

    Clause 3(c)(2) of House Rule XIII is inapplicable because 
this legislation does not provide new budgetary authority or 
increased tax expenditures.

               Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, May 14, 2002.
Hon. Henry J. Hyde, Chairman,
Committee on International Relations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3969, the Freedom 
Promotion Act of 2002.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Sunita 
D'Monte, who can be reached at 226-2840.
            Sincerely,
                                  Dan L. Crippen, Director.

Enclosure

cc:
        Honorable Tom Lantos
        Ranking Democratic Member
H.R. 3969--Freedom Promotion Act of 2002.

                                SUMMARY

    The bill would enhance international broadcasting, public 
diplomacy, and educational and cultural exchange programs. The 
bill would earmark $512 million in 2003 for public diplomacy 
and authorize additional appropriations of $60 million in 2002 
and $200 million in 2003 for international broadcasting, 
educational and cultural exchange programs, improvements and 
modernization of public diplomacy programs, and the National 
Endowment for Democracy. Since there is no existing 
authorization for 2003, CBO treats the earmark as an 
authorization of appropriations. The bill also would increase 
the earmark for public diplomacy in 2002 from $270 million to 
$298 million.
    CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 3969 would cost almost 
$750 million over the 2002-2007 period, assuming the 
appropriation of the necessary amounts. By increasing the 
earmark for public diplomacy programs in 2002, CBO also 
estimates the bill would require the Department of State to 
shift resources away from other programs and towards public 
diplomacy programs. CBO estimates that as a result of this 
reallocation, outlays for 2002 would be slightly lower as the 
department reassesses its spending needs, but that outlays in 
following years would be slightly higher. Absent a detailed 
plan from the State Department regarding the higher earmark for 
2002, CBO does not have sufficient information to provide a 
specific estimate of this provision. These effects would be 
considered direct spending, and thus, pay-as-you-go procedures 
would apply.
    H.R. 3969 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 
and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal 
governments.

                ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

    The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 3969 is shown in the 
following table. This estimate assumes the legislation will be 
enacted before July 1, 2002. The estimate also assumes that the 
amounts authorized for 2002 will be provided in a supplemental 
appropriation, and that amounts authorized for 2003 will be 
provided in the annual appropriation act by the start of fiscal 
year 2003. For the purposes of this estimate, CBO estimates 
that outlays from the amounts authorized for 2003 would follow 
historical spending patterns, but that amounts authorized for 
2002 would be spent slower as a result of the late enactment 
date. The costs of this legislation fall within budget function 
150 (international affairs).

                                     By fiscal year, in millions of dollars
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                                                              2002     2003     2004     2005     2006     2007
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SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION \1\
Spending Under Current Law for Public Diplomacy Programs:
    Budget Authority \2\..................................      978        0        0        0        0        0
    Estimated Outlays.....................................    1,012      315       95       38       13        0

Proposed Changes:
    Estimated Authorization Level.........................       60      712      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\
    Estimated Outlays.....................................      \3\      592      100       42       15        1

Spending For Public Diplomacy Programs Under H.R. 3969:
    Estimated Authorization Level.........................    1,038      712      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\
    Estimated Outlays.....................................    1,012      907      195       80       28        1
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\1\ In addition to the bill's impact on discretionary spending, CBO estimates that H.R. 3969 would lower direct
  spending in 2002 and raise direct spending over the 2003-2006 period, but is unable to provide a precise
  estimate. We expect that the change in such spending would be less than $20 million a year, and that there
  would be no significant net impact over the 2002-2006 period.
\2\ The 2002 level is the amount appropriated for that year.
\3\ Less than $500,000.

Spending Subject to Appropriation
    H.R. 3969 would enhance the Department of State's public 
diplomacy programs, especially those targeted at countries with 
predominantly Muslim populations. The bill would specifically 
earmark $512 million in 2003 for public diplomacy. Since there 
is no existing authorization for 2003, CBO treats this earmark 
as an authorization of appropriations.
    H.R. 3969 also would authorize additional appropriations of 
$60 million in 2002 and $200 million in 2003 for international 
broadcasting, cultural and educational exchange programs, 
improvements and modernization of public diplomacy programs, 
and the National Endowment for Democracy.
    H.R. 3969 also would require the Secretary of State to 
prepare annual plans and several reports on public diplomacy 
programs. CBO estimates that implementing these new 
requirements would increase spending by less than $500,000 
annually. Finally, the bill would abolish the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau, 
establish an independent agency for all international 
broadcasting programs, and transfer all functions and assets of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International 
Broadcasting Bureau to the new agency. CBO estimates this 
provision would have no significant costs.
    Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, CBO 
estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than 
$500,000 in 2002, $592 million in 2003, and roughly $750 
million over the 2002-2007 period.
Direct Spending
    The bill would earmark $298 million in 2002 for public 
diplomacy. Under current law, the earmark for 2002 is $270 
million. Increasing that amount would require the department to 
alter its spending patterns by shifting resources away from 
other programs and into public diplomacy. CBO estimates that as 
a result of this reallocation, outlays for 2002 would be 
slightly lower as the department reassesses its spending needs, 
but that outlays in following years would be slightly higher. 
Absent a specific plan from the State Department regarding the 
higher earmark for 2002, CBO does not have sufficient 
information to provide a reliable estimate of this provision. 
Nonetheless, we expect that changes in annual outlays are 
likely to be less than $20 million a year, and that there would 
be no significant net impact in total spending over the 2002-
2006 period.

                      PAY-AS-YOU-GO CONSIDERATIONS

    The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act sets 
up pay-as-you-go procedures for legislation affecting direct 
spending or receipts. CBO estimates that H.R. 3969 would lower 
direct spending in 2002 and raise direct spending over the 
2003-2006 period, but is unable to provide a precise estimate. 
On balance, we estimate that there would be no significant net 
impact on outlays over that period.

              INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR IMPACT

    H.R. 3969 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in UMRA and would not affect the budgets of 
state, local, or tribal governments.

                         ESTIMATE PREPARED BY:

Federal Costs: Sunita D'Monte (226-2840)
Impact on State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Elyse Goldman 
        (225-3220)
Impact on the Private Sector: Paige Piper/Bach (226-2960)

                         ESTIMATE APPROVED BY:

Peter H. Fontaine
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis

                    Performance Goals and Objectives

    The purpose of this legislation is to designate the 
Secretary of State as responsible for public diplomacy 
activities. It requires strategic planning and establishment of 
measurable objectives for public diplomacy to improve the 
scope, content, effectiveness, and purpose of such efforts.

                   Constitutional Authority Statement

    Article I, section 8, clause 18.

               Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion

                Title I--Unites States Public Diplomacy

Section 101--Findings and Purposes.
    This section sets forth the importance of using public 
diplomacy as a means to reach out to the people of the world. 
It also recognizes that public diplomacy is a significant tool 
for United States foreign policy and requires a coordinated 
strategy for the use of public diplomacy resources.
Section 102--Public Diplomacy Responsibilities of the Department of 
        State.
    This section amends the State Department's Basic 
Authorities Act to provide a description of the Secretary of 
State's public diplomacy responsibilities. It states that the 
Secretary of State shall develop a comprehensive strategy (in 
coordination with the U.S. International Broadcasting Agency 
created by this legislation) with measurable objectives for the 
use of public diplomacy resources, to assume a prominent role 
in coordinating the efforts of all Federal agencies involved in 
public diplomacy, and to ensure that the public diplomacy 
strategy of the United States is cohesive, and aggressively 
counters misinformation and propaganda about the United States. 
The Secretary is also required each year to analyze the impact 
of public diplomacy efforts.
    This section also requires the Secretary of State to 
establish a Public Diplomacy Reserve Corps that can be called 
upon in times of emergencies when additional personnel and 
expertise are required.
    This section further requires the Secretary of State to 
establish the capability for multimedia programming and 
distribution to take advantage of the various modern 
communications techniques for reaching mass audiences. To the 
extent practicable, the State Department shall utilize the 
facilities of the U.S. International Broadcasting Agency and 
shall reimburse the Agency for reasonable expenses.
    Finally, this section sets forth the duties of the Under 
Secretary for Public Diplomacy. The Under Secretary is given 
responsibility for formation, supervision, and implementation 
of United States public diplomacy policies, programs, and 
activities and provides guidance to public diplomacy personnel. 
The Under Secretary shall also submit statements of United 
States policy and editorial material to the International 
Broadcasting Agency for broadcast consideration.
    New subsection 57(d)(1) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act, as added by this section, provides that the 
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy shall provide the 
U.S. International Broadcasting Agency with statements of 
official United States policy for broadcast by the Agency at 
the Agency's discretion, and directs the Department of State to 
promptly review editorial material prepared for broadcast by 
the Agency when the Agency requests such a review. It is the 
intent of the Committee to ensure that the official policies of 
the United States Government are accurately and persuasively 
communicated through the Agency. The Committee in no way 
intends to compromise the editorial independence of the Agency, 
and therefore leaves all final editorial decisions to the 
Agency.
    Subsection 102(b) requires the Secretary of State in 
cooperation with the United States Agency for International 
Development to ensure that information concerning foreign 
assistance and projects funded by the United States government 
is disseminated widely within countries and regions that 
receive such assistance. The Committee recognizes that there 
may be instances in which such dissemination is not 
practicable, such as in cases where identification of United 
States personnel or resources would present a security risk. 
The Department of State shall report to Congress 120 days after 
the end of each fiscal year on the efforts made to disseminate 
information regarding United States assistance during the 
preceding fiscal year, including specific information 
concerning all instances in which the United States Agency for 
International Development has not identified projects as United 
States assistance because such identification was not 
practicable.
    Although this section is designed to ensure the highest 
level of attention by our foreign policy agencies to public 
diplomacy needs and objectives, it does not provide new 
authority to the Secretary of State over the programs or 
operations of the U.S. International Broadcasting Agency. The 
role of the Board as a firewall against political interference 
in the content of the broadcasts remains unchanged, as is the 
USIBA's independence as a discrete Federal agency with its own 
budget authority. The Secretary of State remains a member of 
the Board of Governors.
Section 103. Annual Plan on Public Diplomacy Strategy.
    This section requires the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with all appropriate Federal agencies, to prepare 
an annual review and analysis of the impact of public diplomacy 
efforts on target audiences. On the basis of this review, the 
Secretary, again in coordination with appropriate Federal 
agencies, shall develop a plan for the implementation of public 
diplomacy strategy that specifies goals, agency 
responsibilities, and necessary resources for achieving such 
goals. As with section 102, it is not the intent of this 
provision to suggest an expansion of the Secretary of State's 
authority over the budgets, programs, or other authorities and 
responsibilities of other Federal agencies. These reports will 
provide a consolidated picture of the state of United States 
public diplomacy across the variety of agencies that conduct 
such programs. The Committee expects that any plans, reviews, 
and analyses included in these reports shall reflect the 
consensus views of all Federal agencies participating in public 
diplomacy activities.
Section 104--Public Diplomacy Training.
    The findings in this section emphasize that the Foreign 
Service should recruit individuals with expertise and 
professional experience in public diplomacy. It also encourages 
the Secretary of State to seek to increase the number of 
Foreign Service officers proficient in languages spoken in 
predominantly Muslim countries. It is expected that such 
training will increase the awareness and capacity of more 
foreign service officers and chiefs of mission. Thus the 
quality and scope of public diplomacy programs will be 
enhanced.
Section 105--Report by the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
    This section amends current law to require that at least 4 
members of the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy have 
substantial experience in the conduct of public diplomacy or 
comparable private sector experience. It also requires the 
Commission to report not less than every two years on public 
diplomacy programs, policies, and activities and the 
effectiveness of such activities. It is expected that the 
Commission will take an active and constructive role to assess 
public diplomacy objectives and provide guidance to increase 
the success of such programs and activities overseas.
Section 106--Library Program.
    This section requires the Secretary of State to implement a 
demonstration program to establish or upgrade foreign libraries 
to improve literacy and support public education. The purpose 
of the program is to advance American values and the importance 
of freedom and democracy.
Section 107--Sense of Congress Concerning Public Diplomacy Efforts in 
        Sub-Saharan Africa
    This section states that there are a significant number of 
sub-Saharan African countries that have predominately Muslim 
populations and it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary 
should include countries in sub-Saharan Africa with 
predominately Muslim populations in public diplomacy activities 
authorized by this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
Section 108--Authorization of Appropriations.
    This section provides that of funds authorized in the 
Diplomatic and Consular programs of the Department of State, 
$297,759,000 in Fiscal Year 2002 and $512,000,000 in Fiscal 
Year 2003 are authorized to be available only for public 
diplomacy programs. It also authorizes an additional 
$20,000,000 for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 for improvements and 
modernization of public diplomacy information programs. Of that 
amount, $4,000,000 is available for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 
for translation services at overseas posts, and $7,500,000 is 
available for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 for the Office of 
Broadcast Services (within the State Department) to modernize 
communications activities as required by section 102(c). The 
increased authorizations is expected to result in more creative 
and expansive communications strategies to improve the U.S. 
image overseas.

       Title II--United States Educational and Cultural Programs

Section 201--Establishment of Initiatives for Predominately Muslim 
        Countries.
    This section requires the Secretary to establish an 
initiative for predominantly Muslim countries around the world. 
The programs are: journalism training, English language 
teaching, sister city partnerships, youth ambassadors, 
Fulbright exchange, Humphrey fellowships, and a library 
sciences exchange program.
Section 202--Database of Alumni of American and Foreign Participants in 
        Exchange Programs.
    This section requires the Secretary of State to establish 
and maintain a database of all participants, both United States 
and foreign, in exchange programs. The purpose is to encourage 
networking and continued communication with the alumni of 
United States exchange programs.
Section 203--Report on Inclusion of Freedom and Democracy Advocates in 
        Education and Cultural Exchange Programs.
    This section requires the Secretary of State to provide a 
report to Congress on the implementation of section 102 of the 
Human Rights, Refugee and Other Foreign Relations Provisions 
Act of 1996. The purpose of the report is to provide 
information concerning the number of grants to conduct exchange 
programs with countries whose governments deny freedom and 
democracy, and on the extent to which supporters of freedom and 
democracy within these countries are given opportunities to 
participate in United States funded programs.
Section 204--Fulbright-Hays Authorities.
    This section amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (known as the Fulbright-Hays Act) to 
affirm the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' long-
standing practice of administering programs that promote the 
purposes of Fulbright-Hays but operate under other statutory 
authorities.
Section 205--Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations.
    This section provides an additional $35,000,000 for Fiscal 
Years 2002 and 2003 for educational and cultural exchange 
programs of the Department of State identified in sections 201 
and 202.
Section 206--Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations for the 
        National Endowment for Democracy.
    This section provides $5,000,000 in FY 02 and $10,000,000 
in FY 03 to the National Endowment for Democracy to fund 
programs that promote democracy, good governance, the rule of 
law, independent media, religious tolerance, the rights of 
women, and strengthening of civil society in countries of 
predominately Muslim populations within the Middle East.

      Title III--Reorganization of U.S. International Broadcasting

Section 301--Establishment of U.S. International Broadcasting Agency.
    This section amends the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 to establish the U.S. International 
Broadcasting Agency as an independent agency within the 
executive branch of government. The Agency will be headed by a 
nine-member, part-time, bipartisan board, renamed the Board of 
Governors, appointed by the President with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. The Board shall appoint a Director of 
the Agency who will have designated day-to-day operational 
responsibilities for the Agency.
    These changes will improve the lines of authority and 
establish greater accountability in United States international 
broadcasting operations. The new agency retains the current 
design of an appointed Board designated as the head of the 
agency. The main changes clarify day-to-day responsibilities 
for broadcasting operations, establish a full-time director who 
is appointed by the Board and has clear lines of authority, and 
make clear that there is one broadcasting organization that is 
headed by the Board which exists as an independent agency 
within the executive branch.
    This section is designed to strengthen the Board's ability 
to adopt strategic goals and objectives for the agency and to 
work to ensure that these goals and objectives remain 
priorities for the broadcast entities within the agency as well 
as corporate grantees. The Committee is aware that the Board 
has recently adopted a strategic plan designed to maximize the 
impact of U.S. International Broadcasting in regions vital to 
United States strategic interests. The plan envisions a 
worldwide U.S. International Broadcasting System, creating one 
integrated United States programming stream that would be 
intended to fulfil the missions both of VOA and of the 
surrogate broadcasting services. The Committee believes that 
numerous aspects of this plan have merit, but that conditions 
in many countries around the world still call for the 
preservation of the distinct and complementary roles of the 
Voice of America and of the surrogate broadcasting services.
Section 302--Authorities and Functions of the Agency.
    This section restates current law with respect to the 
duties and responsibilities of the Agency.
Section 303--Role of the Secretary of State.
    This section amends current law (Section 306 of the U.S. 
International Broadcasting Act) by deleting an out-of-date 
reference to WorldNet programming and restating that the 
Secretary of State shall provide such information and guidance 
on foreign policy and public diplomacy issues to the agency as 
the Secretary considers appropriate.
Section 304--Administrative Provisions.
    This section makes certain technical, administrative and 
personnel changes.
Section 305--Broadcasting Board of Governors and International 
        Broadcasting Bureau.
    This section abolishes the International Broadcasting 
Bureau that was established in law. It has been identified as 
one of the areas that has caused confusion in the management of 
the Agency.
    In 1994, PL 103-236, the Foreign Affaris Authorization Act 
for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, established the International 
Broadcasting Bureau within the United States Information Agency 
(USIA) as part of an overall restructuring of international 
broadcasting. The director of the International Broadcasting 
Bureau (IBB) was required to be appointed by the Chairman of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors in concurrence with the 
other Board members and in consultation with the Director of 
USIA. PL 105-277, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring 
Act, Title A of the Foreign Affairs Authorization Act for 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999, merged USIA into the State 
Department and made the IBB Director a presidential appointee. 
However, since enactment of PL 105-277, there has not been a 
presidentially appointed Director.
    Since its creation in 1994, the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors employed a staff including an executive director in 
addition to the IBB Director. At times this organizational 
structure has created confusion about lines of authority and 
resulted in less than optimal management of the broadcast 
services and the surrogate operations.
    Therefore, this provision eliminates the requirement for 
the International Broadcasting Bureau--whose authorities are 
subsumed by the Agency--and the Director position. Section 301 
allows the Board of Governors to appoint a Director of the 
Agency who will also serve as the executive director for the 
Board. These changes are intended to streamline the 
organization, eliminate lines of authority and improve the 
overall daily management of our international broadcasting 
operations.
Section 306--Transition.
    This is a technical provision that provides for a seamless 
transition from the current structure to the new Agency.
Section 307--Conforming Amendments.
    This section provides technical conforming amendments to 
current law.
Section 308--References.
    This technical provision states that any references to the 
previous Broadcasting Board of Governors will be deemed to mean 
the U.S. International Broadcasting Agency.
Section 309--Broadcasting Standards.
    This provision amends current law by adding that the 
Broadcasting Agency shall seek to ensure that resources are 
allocated to broadcasts directed at people whose governments 
deny freedom of expression or where the provision of objective 
news and information is necessary.
Section 310--Authorization of Appropriations.
    This section authorizes $135,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 
for the Broadcasting Board of Governors to expand television 
and radio broadcasting to countries with predominately Muslim 
populations to support audience development.
    This section recognizes the need to increase knowledge of 
the United States and its policies, as well as access to 
accurate and objective news and information, in countries with 
predominantly Muslim populations around the world. The 
$135,000,000 authorized by this section for fiscal year 2003 is 
in addition to amounts otherwise authorized for international 
broadcasting and will permit the development of a Middle East 
television capability by the U.S. International Broadcasting 
Agency, as well as other enhancements in East and South Central 
Asia.
    The Board of Broadcasting Governors has already created a 
Middle East Radio Network to maximize United States 
broadcasting impact in the Arab world by targeting young 
audiences, using new radio formats, and transmitting the 
program on the AM, FM, and satellite frequencies that are used 
by listeners in the region. While this is a powerful initiative 
that the committee expects will build a solid audience for 
unbiased news and information in the Middle East, the committee 
also recognizes the untapped television market in the region. 
Television is increasingly the communications medium of choice 
in the region, and the United States message must be present on 
this medium to more effectively counterbalance the anti-
American coverage of local and regional stations.
    The $135 million authorized in this section is comprised of 
$62 million for establishment of 24 hour Arabic television 
service, $43 million for expansion of current service to 
Indonesia and to establish new service in the Malay, Tagalog, 
and Visaya languages, $25 million to expand radio and 
television in Farsi and Urdu languages, and $5 million for 
audience development.
    The $62 million for Arabic television includes $27 million 
in one-time start up costs to establish a Washington broadcast 
center, overseas bureaus, recruit staff and acquire the 
equipment and transmission capabilities. Also included is $35 
million for annual operating costs of which $10 million is for 
salaries and $25 million is for operating and transmission 
expenses.
    Pakistan, a key player in the war on terrorism, provides an 
example of how increased television broadcasting can enhance 
broadcast coverage. VOA currently broadcasts only 3 hours daily 
in Urdu to that country, all on shortwave. The funding increase 
authorized by this section would provide television service for 
Pakistani adults, a majority of whom report having a television 
at home, and provide more hours, more localized programs and AM 
transmission for U.S. International Broadcasting Agency-
sponsored radio programs to that country.
    The Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Thailand and the Philippines are also of critical importance to 
the U.S. Each has a large Muslim population. An enhanced radio 
and TV regional effort to these target countries, guided by 
extensive research, would serve U.S. interests. Television in 
particular can leverage listenership. VOA's weekly audience in 
Indonesia more than doubled when it added a TV program in 2001. 
Of the amount authorized in this section $43 million will be 
directed to expand current service to Indonesia, and to 
establish new service in the Malay, Tagalog, and Visaya 
languages.
    The Committee authorization recommendation also includes 
$25 million for expanded radio and television in the Farsi and 
Urdu languages, with additional programming directed at young 
audiences. Daily television use in Iran is high. VOA's weekly 
satellite television program, ``Roundtable with You,'' attracts 
a high volume of audience phone calls, indicating a receptive 
market for sound journalistic programming.
    Lastly, the purpose of the $5 million for audience 
development is to allow the U.S. International Broadcasting 
Agency to advertise through a variety of media and sources the 
channels and frequencies in which it broadcasts, and the range 
of programming to increase awareness of its programs.
Section 311--Effective Date.
    This title becomes effective 6 months after enactment.

                        New Advisory Committees

    H.R. 3969 does not establish or authorize any new advisory 
committees.

                    Congressional Accountability Act

    H.R. 3969 does not apply to the legislative branch.

                            Federal Mandates

    H.R. 3969 provides no Federal mandates.

         Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported

    In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change 
is proposed is shown in roman):

            STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1956

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                  TITLE I--BASIC AUTHORITIES GENERALLY

                organization of the department of state

    Section 1. (a)  * * *
    (b) Under Secretaries.--
            (1)  * * *

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            (3) Under secretary for public diplomacy.--There 
        shall be in the Department of State, among the Under 
        Secretaries authorized by paragraph (1), an Under 
        Secretary for Public Diplomacy, who shall have primary 
        responsibility to assist the Secretary and the Deputy 
        Secretary in the [formation and implementation of 
        United States public diplomacy policies and activities, 
        including international educational and cultural 
        exchange programs, information, and international 
        broadcasting.] formation, supervision, and 
        implementation of United States public diplomacy 
        policies, programs, and activities, including the 
        provision of guidance to Department personnel in the 
        United States and overseas who conduct or implement 
        such policies, programs, and activities. The Under 
        Secretary for Public Diplomacy shall assist the United 
        States Agency for International Broadcasting in 
        presenting the policies of the United States clearly 
        and effectively, shall submit statements of United 
        States policy and editorial material to the Agency for 
        broadcast consideration in addition to material 
        prepared by the Agency, and shall ensure that editorial 
        material created by the Agency for broadcast is 
        reviewed expeditiously by the Department.

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                        ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

    Sec. 23. (a) Agreements.--Whenever the head of any Federal 
agency performing any foreign affairs functions (including, but 
not limited to, the Department of State, the [Broadcasting 
Board of Governors,] United States International Broadcasting 
Agency, and the Agency for International Development) 
determines that administrative services performed in common by 
the Department of State and one or more other such agencies may 
be performed more advantageously and more economically on a 
consolidated basis, the Secretary of State and the heads of the 
other agencies concerned may, subject to the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, conclude an 
agreement which provides for the transfer to and consolidation 
within the Department or within one of the other agencies 
concerned of so much of the functions, personnel, property, 
records, and funds of the Department and of the other agencies 
concerned as may be necessary to enable the performance of 
those administrative services on a consolidated basis for the 
benefit of all agencies concerned. Agreements for consolidation 
of administrative services under this section shall provide for 
reimbursement or advances of funds from the agency receiving 
the service to the agency performing the service in amounts 
which will approximate the expense of providing administrative 
services for the serviced agency.

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    Sec. 25. (a)  * * *

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    (f) The authorities available to the Secretary of State 
under this section with respect to the Department of State 
shall be available to the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency and the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development with 
respect to [the Board and the Agency] their respective 
agencies.

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    Sec. 26. (a)  * * *
    (b) The authority available to the Secretary of State under 
this section shall be available to the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors,] United States International Broadcasting Agency and 
the Administrator of the Agency for International Development 
with respect to [the Board and the Agency] their respective 
agencies.

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    Sec. 32. The Secretary of State may pay, without regard to 
section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, subsistence 
expenses of (1) special agents of the Department of State who 
are on authorized protective missions, and (2) members of the 
Foreign Service and employees of the Department who are 
required to spend extraordinary amounts of time in travel 
status. The authorities available to the Secretary of State 
under this section with respect to the Department of State 
shall be available to the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency and the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development with 
respect to their respective agencies, except that the authority 
of clause (2) shall be available with respect to those agencies 
only in the case of members of the Foreign Service and 
employees of the agency who are performing security-related 
functions abroad.

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SEC. 57. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall make public 
diplomacy an integral component in the planning and execution 
of United States foreign policy. The Department of State, in 
coordination with the United States International Broadcasting 
Agency, shall develop a comprehensive strategy for the use of 
public diplomacy resources and assume a prominent role in 
coordinating the efforts of all Federal agencies involved in 
public diplomacy. Public diplomacy efforts shall be addressed 
to developed and developing countries, to select and general 
audiences, and shall utilize all available media to ensure that 
the foreign policy of the United States is properly explained 
and understood not only by the governments of countries but 
also by their peoples, with the objective of enhancing support 
for United States foreign policy. The Secretary shall ensure 
that the public diplomacy strategy of the United States is 
cohesive and coherent and shall aggressively and through the 
most effective mechanisms counter misinformation and propaganda 
concerning the United States. The Secretary shall endeavor to 
articulate the importance in American foreign policy of the 
guiding principles and doctrines of the United States, 
particularly freedom and democracy. The Secretary, in 
coordination with the Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency, shall develop and articulate 
long-term measurable objectives for United States public 
diplomacy. The Secretary is authorized to produce and 
distribute public diplomacy programming for distribution abroad 
in order to achieve public diplomacy objectives, including 
through satellite communication, the Internet, and other 
established and emerging communications technologies.
    (b) Information Concerning United States Assistance.--
            (1) Identification of assistance.--In cooperation 
        with the Agency for International Development (AID) and 
        other public and private assistance organizations and 
        agencies, the Secretary shall ensure that information 
        concerning foreign assistance provided by the United 
        States Government, United States nongovernmental 
        organizations and private entities, and the American 
        people is disseminated widely and prominently, 
        particularly, to the extent practicable, within 
        countries and regions that receive such assistance. The 
        Secretary shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, 
        projects funded by the Agency for International 
        Development (AID) that do not involve commodities, 
        including projects implemented by private voluntary 
        organizations, are identified as being supported by the 
        United States of America, as American Aid or provided 
        by the American people.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 120 days 
        after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        submit a report to the Committee on International 
        Relations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on efforts 
        to disseminate information concerning assistance 
        described in paragraph (1) during the preceding fiscal 
        year. Each such report shall include specific 
        information concerning all instances in which the 
        Agency for International Development has not identified 
        projects in the manner prescribed in paragraph (1) 
        because such indentification was not practicable. Any 
        such report shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
        but may include a classified appendix.
    (c) Authority.-- Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary may contract with and compensate 
government and private agencies or persons for property and 
services to carry out this section.

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    UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948

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   TITLE V--DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES ABROAD

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                     USIA SATELLITE AND TELEVISION

    Sec. 505. (a) In General.--The [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency is 
authorized to lease or otherwise acquire time on commercial or 
United States Government satellites for the purpose of 
transmitting materials and programs to posts and other users 
abroad.
    (b) Broadcast Principles.--The Congress finds that the 
long-term interests of the United States are served by 
communicating directly with the peoples of the world by 
television. To be effective, the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency must 
win the attention and respect of viewers. These principles will 
therefore govern the television broadcasts of the United States 
International Television Service:
            (1)  * * *

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    (c) Programs.--The [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United 
States International Broadcasting Agency is authorized to 
produce, acquire, or broadcast television programs, via 
satellite, only if such programs--
            (1)  * * *

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    (d) Costs.--When a comparable program produced by United 
States public or commercial broadcasters and producers is 
available at a cost which is equal to or less than the cost of 
production by the United States International Television 
Service, the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United States 
International Broadcasting Agency shall use such materials in 
preference to the United States International Television 
Service produced materials.
    (e) Allocation of Funds.--(1) Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United 
States International Broadcasting Agency not more than 
$12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and not more than 
$12,480,000 for the fiscal year 1991 may be obligated or 
expended for the United States International Television 
Service.
    (2) The [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United States 
International Broadcasting Agency shall prepare and submit to 
the Congress quarterly reports which contain a detailed 
explanation of expenditures for USIA-TV during the fiscal years 
1990 and 1991. Such reports shall contain specific 
justification and supporting information pertaining to all 
programs, particularly those described in subsection (c)(4), 
that were produced in-house by USIA-TV. Each such report shall 
include a statement by the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency that, according 
to the best information available to the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency, no 
comparable United States commercially-produced or public 
television program is available at a cost which is equal to or 
less than the cost of production by USIA-TV.
    (3) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the 
[Broadcasting Board of Governors] United States International 
Broadcasting Agency, $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and 
$1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1991 shall be available only for 
the purchase or use of programs produced with grants from the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting or produced by United 
States public broadcasters.

                   VOICE OF AMERICA HIRING PRACTICES

    Sec. 506. (a)  * * *

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    (c) Report.--If the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency determines that 
the prohibition under subsection (a) would require the 
termination of a specific Voice of America foreign language 
service, then, not less than 90 days before the [Board] Agency 
begins to recruit such candidates, the Board shall submit to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a 
report concerning--
            (1)  * * *

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         TITLE VI--ADVISORY COMMISSIONS TO FORMULATE POLICIES

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SEC. 604. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

    (a) Establishment.--(1)  * * *
    (2) The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. The members of the Commission shall represent the 
public interest and shall be selected from a cross section of 
educational, communications, cultural, scientific, technical, 
public service, labor, business, and professional backgrounds. 
Not more than four members shall be from any one political 
party. At least 4 members shall have substantial experience in 
the conduct of public diplomacy or comparable activities in the 
private sector. No member shall be an officer or employee of 
the United States.

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    (c) Duties and Responsibilities.--(1)  * * *
    [(2) The Commission shall submit to the Congress, the 
President, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the 
United States Information Agency annual reports on programs and 
activities carried out by the Agency, including appraisals, 
where feasible, as to the effectiveness of the several 
programs. The Commission shall also include in such reports 
such recommendations as shall have been made by the Commission 
to the Director for effectuating the purposes of the Agency, 
and the action taken to carry out such recommendations.]
    (2)(A) Not less often than every two years, the Commission 
shall undertake an indepth review of United Sttes public 
diplomacy programs, policies, and activities. Each study shall 
assess the effectiveness of the various mechanisms of United 
States public diplomacy, in light of factors including public 
and media attitudes around the world toward the United States, 
Americans, and United States foreign policy, and make 
appropriate recommendations.
    (B) A comprehensive report of each study under subparagraph 
(A) shall be submitted to the Secretary of State and the 
appropriate congressional committees. At the discretion of the 
Commission, any report under this subsection may be submitted 
in classified form or with a classified appendix.

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SECTION 112 OF THE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1961

    Sec. 112. (a)  * * *

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    (d) The Bureau shall administer no programs except those 
[operating under the authority of this Act and consistent with] 
which operate under the authority of this Act or promote its 
purposes.

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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT OF 1994

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TITLE III--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT

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SEC. 303. STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES.

    (a) Broadcasting Standards.--United States international 
broadcasting shall--
            (1)  * * *

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            (6) be based on reliable information about its 
        potential audience; [and]

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            (8) promote respect for human rights, including 
        freedom of religion[.]; and
            (9) seek to ensure that resources are allocated to 
        broadcasts directed at people whose governments deny 
        freedom of expression or who are otherwise in special 
        need of honest and professional broadcasting, 
        commensurate with the need for such broadcasts.

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[SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

    [(a) Continued Existence Within Executive Branch.--
            [(1) In general.--The Broadcasting Board of 
        Governors shall continue to exist within the Executive 
        branch of Government as an entity described in section 
        104 of title 5, United States Code.
            [(2) Retention of existing board members.--The 
        members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
        appointed by the President pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(1)(A) before the effective date of title XIII of 
        the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998 
        and holding office as of that date may serve the 
        remainder of their terms of office without 
        reappointment.
            [(3) Inspector general authorities.--
                    [(A) In general.--The Inspector General of 
                the Department of State and the Foreign Service 
                shall exercise the same authorities with 
                respect to the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
                and the International Broadcasting Bureau as 
                the Inspector General exercises under the 
                Inspector General Act of 1978 and section 209 
                of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 with respect 
                to the Department of State.
                    [(B) Respect for journalistic integrity of 
                broadcasters.--The Inspector General shall 
                respect the journalistic integrity of all the 
                broadcasters covered by this title and may not 
                evaluate the philosophical or political 
                perspectives reflected in the content of 
                broadcasts.
    [(b) Composition of the Board.--
            [(1) The Board shall consist of 9 members, as 
        follows:
                    [(A) 8 voting members who shall be 
                appointed by the President, by and with the 
                advice and consent of the Senate.
                    [(B) The Secretary of State who shall also 
                be a voting member.
            [(2) The President shall appoint one member (other 
        than the Secretary of State) as Chairman of the Board, 
        subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
            [(3) Exclusive of the Secretary of State, not more 
        than 4 of the members of the Board appointed by the 
        President shall be of the same political party.
    [(c) Term of Office.--The term of office of each member of 
the Board shall be three years, except that the Secretary of 
State shall remain a member of the Board during the Director's 
term of service. Of the other 8 voting members, the initial 
terms of office of two members shall be one year, and the 
initial terms of office of 3 other members shall be two years, 
as determined by the President. The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Board members to 
fill vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of a term, in 
which case the members so appointed shall serve for the 
remainder of such term. Any member whose term has expired may 
serve until a successor has been appointed and qualified. When 
there is no Secretary of State, the Acting Secretary of State 
shall serve as a member of the Board until a Director is 
appointed.
    [(d) Selection of Board.--Members of the Board appointed by 
the President shall be citizens of the United tates who are not 
regular full-time employees of the United States Government. 
Such members shall be selected by the President from among 
Americans distinguished in the fields of mass communications, 
print, broadcast media, or foreign affairs.
    [(e) Compensation.--Members of the Board, while attending 
meetings of the Board or while engaged in duties relating to 
such meetings or in other activities of the Board pursuant to 
this section (including travel time) shall be entitled to 
receive compensation equal to the daily equivalent of the 
compensation prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. While away 
from their homes or regular places of business, members of the 
Board may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for 
persons in the Government service employed intermittently. The 
Secretary of State shall not be entitled to any compensation 
under this title, but may be allowed travel expenses as 
provided under this subsection.
    [(f) Decisions.--Decisions of the Board shall be made by 
majority vote, a quorum being present. A quorum shall consist 
of 5 members.
    [(g) Immunity from Civil Liability.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any and all limitations on liability 
that apply to the members of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors also shall apply to such members when acting in their 
capacities as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, 
Incorporated and Radio Free Asia.

[SEC. 305. AUTHORITIES OF THE BOARD.

    [(a) Authorities.--The Board shall have the following 
authorities:
            [(1) To supervise all broadcasting activities 
        conducted pursuant to this title, the Radio 
        Broadcasting to Cuba Act,, the Television Broadcasting 
        to Cuba Act, and Worldnet Television, except as 
        provided in section 306(b).
            [(2) To review and evaluate the mission and 
        operation of, and to assess the quality, effectiveness, 
        and professional integrity of, all such activities 
        within the context of the broad foreign policy 
        objectives of the United States.
            [(3) To ensure that United States international 
        broadcasting is conducted in accordance with the 
        standards and principles contained in section 303.
            [(4) To review, evaluate, and determine, at least 
        annually,, after consultation with the Secretary of 
        State, the addition or deletion of language services.
            [(5) To make and supervise grants for broadcasting 
        and related activities in accordance with sections 308 
        and 309.
            [(6) To allocate funds appropriated for 
        international broadcasting activities among the various 
        elements of the International Broadcasting Bureau and 
        grantees, subject to the limitations in sections 308 
        and 309 and subject to reprogramming notification 
        requirements in law for the reallocation of funds.
            [(7) To review engineering activities to ensure 
        that all broadcasting elements receive the highest 
        quality and cost-effective delivery services.
            [(8) To undertake such studies as may be necessary 
        to identify areas in which broadcasting activities 
        under its authority could be made more efficient and 
        economical.
            [(9) To submit to the President and the Congress an 
        annual report which summarizes and evaluates activities 
        under this title, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 
        and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act. Each 
        annual report shall place special emphasis on the 
        assessment described in paragraph (2).
            [(10) To the extent considered necessary to carry 
        out the functions of the Board, procure supplies, 
        services, and other personal property.
            [(11) To appoint such staff personnel for the Board 
        as the Board may determine to be necessary, subject to 
        the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
        governing appointments in the competitive service, and 
        to fix their compensation in accordance with the 
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
        53 of such title relating to classification and General 
        Schedule pay rates.
            [(12) To obligate and expend, for official 
        reception and representation expenses, such amount as 
        may be made available through appropriations (which for 
        each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 may not exceed 
        the amount made available to the Board and the 
        International Broadcasting Bureau for such purposes for 
        fiscal year 1997).
            [(13) To make available in the annual report 
        required by paragraph (9) information on funds expended 
        on administrative and managerial services by the Bureau 
        and by grantees and the steps the Board has taken to 
        reduce unnecessary overhead costs for each of the 
        broadcasting services.
            [(14) The Board may provide for the use of United 
        States Government transmitter capacity for relay of 
        Radio Free Asia.
            [(15)(A) To procure temporary and intermittent 
        personal services to the same extent as is authorized 
        by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at 
        rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate 
        provided for positions classified above grade GS-15 of 
        the General Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            [(B) To allow those providing such services, while 
        away from their homes or their regular places of 
        business, travel expenses (including per diem in lieu 
        of subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 of title 
        5, United States Code, for persons in the Government 
        service employed intermittently, while so employed.
            [(16) To procure, pursuant to section 1535 of title 
        31, United States Code (commonly known as the `Economy 
        Act'), such goods and services from other departments 
        or agencies for the Board and the International 
        Broadcasting Bureau as the Board determines are 
        appropriate.
            [(17) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV, 
        V, VII, VIII, IX, and X of the United States 
        Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and 
        section 6 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as 
        in effect on the day before the effective date of title 
        XIII of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act 
        of 1998, to the extent the Board considers necessary in 
        carrying out the provisions and purposes of this title.
            [(18) To utilize the authorities of any other 
        statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, 
        regulation, agreement, determination, or other official 
        document or proceeding that had been available to the 
        Director of the United States Information Agency, the 
        Bureau, or the Board before the effective date of title 
        XIII of the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act of 1998 
        for carrying out the broadcasting activities covered by 
        this title.
    [(b) Delegation of Authority.--The Board may delegate to 
the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, or any 
other officer or employee of the United States, to the extent 
the Board determines to be appropriate, the authorities 
provided in this section, except those authorities provided in 
paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (9), or (11) of 
subsection (a).
    [(c) Broadcasting Budgets.--The Director of the Bureau and 
the grantees identified in sections 308 and 309 shall submit 
proposed budgets to the Board. The Board shall forward its 
recommendations concerning the proposed budget for the Board 
and broadcasting activities under this title, the Radio 
Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to 
Cuba Act to the Office of Management and Budget.
    [(d) Professional Independence of Broadcasters.--The 
Secretary of State and the Board, in carrying out their 
functions, shall respect the professional independence and 
integrity of the International Broadcasting Bureau, its 
broadcasting services, and the grantees of the Board.
    [(e) Technical Amendment.--
            [(1) Section 4 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba 
        Act (22 U.S.C. 1465b) is amended by striking ``and the 
        Associate Director for Broadcasting of the United 
        States Information Agency'' and inserting ``of the 
        Voice of America''.
            [(2) Section 5(b) of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba 
        Act (22 U.S.C.1465c(b)) is amended by striking 
        ``Director and Associate Director for Broadcasting of 
        the United States Information Agency'' and inserting 
        ``Broadcasting Board of Governors''.

[SEC. 306. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

    [(a) Foreign Policy Guidance.--To assist the Board in 
carrying out its functions, the Secretary of State shall 
provide information and guidance on foreign policy issues to 
the Board, as the Secretary may deem appropriate.
    [(b) Certain Worldnet Programming.--The Secretary of State 
is authorized to use Worldnet broadcasts for the purposes of 
continuing interactive dialogues with foreign media and other 
similar overseas public diplomacy programs sponsored by the 
Department of State. The Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors shall provide access to Worldnet for this purpose on 
a nonreimbursable basis.

[SEC. 307. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.

    [(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established an 
International Broadcasting Bureau under the Board (hereafter in 
this title referred to as the ``Bureau''), to carry out all 
nonmilitary international broadcasting activities supported by 
the United States Government other than those described in 
sections 308 and 309.
    [(b) Selection of the Director of the Bureau.--The Director 
of the Bureau shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director of the 
Bureau shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate 
prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
    [(c) Responsibilities of the Director.--The Director shall 
organize and chair a coordinating committee to examine and make 
recommendations to the Board on long-term strategies for the 
future of international broadcasting, including the use of new 
technologies, further consolidation of broadcast services, and 
consolidation of currently existing public affairs and 
legislative relations functions in the various international 
broadcasting entities. The coordinating committee shall include 
representatives of Radio Free Asia, RFE/RL, Incorporated, the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, and, as appropriate, the 
Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the Voice of America, and 
Worldnet.]

SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
                    AGENCY.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established as an independent 
agency in the executive branch the United States International 
Broadcasting Agency (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
``Agency'').
    (b) Board of Governors of the Agency.--
            (1) Head of agency.--The Agency shall be headed by 
        the Board of Governors of the United States 
        International Broadcasting Agency (hereinafter in this 
        Act referred to as the ``Board of Governors'').
            (2) Authorities and functions.--The Board of 
        Goverors shall--
                    (A) carry out the authorities and functions 
                of the Agency under section 305; and
                    (B) be responsible for the exercise of all 
                authorities and powers and the discharge of all 
                duties and functions of the Agency.
            (3) Composition of the board of governors.--
                    (A) The Board of Governors shall consist of 
                9 members, as follows:
                            (i) Eight voting members who shall 
                        be appointed by the President, by and 
                        with the advice and consent of the 
                        Senate.
                            (ii) The Secretary of State who 
                        shall also be a voting member.
                    (B) The President shall appoint one member 
                (other than the Secretary of State) as Chair of 
                the Board of Governors, subject to the advice 
                and consent of the Senate.
                    (C) Exclusive of the Secretary of State, 
                not more than 4 of the members of the Board of 
                Governors appointed by the President shall be 
                of the same political party.
            (4) Term of office.--The term of office of each 
        member of the Board of Governors shall be three years, 
        except that the Secretary of State shall remain a 
        member of the Board of Governors during the Secretary's 
        term of service. The President shall appoint, by and 
        with the advice and consent of the Senate, board 
        members to fill vacancies occurring prior to the 
        expiration of a term, in which case the members so 
        appointed shall serve for the remainder of such term. 
        Any member whose term has expired may serve until a 
        successor has been appointed and qualified. When there 
        is no Secretary of State, the Acting Secretary of State 
        shall serve as a member of the board until a Secretary 
        is appointed.
            (5) Selection of board of governors.--Members of 
        the Board of Governors appointed by the President shall 
        be citizens of the United States who are not regular 
        full-time employees of the United States Government. 
        Such members shall be selected by the President from 
        among Americans distinguished in the fields of mass 
        communications, print, broadcast media, or foreign 
        affairs.
            (6) Compensation.--Members of the Board of 
        Governors, while attending meetings of the board or 
        while engaged in duties relating to such meetings or in 
        other activities of the board pursuant to this section 
        (including travel time) shall be entitled to receive 
        compensation equal to the daily equivalent of the 
        compensation prescribed for level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
        Code. While away from their homes or regular places of 
        business, members of the board may be allowed travel 
        expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
        authorized by law for persons in the Government service 
        employed intermittently. The Secretary of State shall 
        not be entitled to any compensation under this title, 
        but may be allowed travel expenses as provided under 
        this subsection.
            (7) Decisions.--Decisions of the Board of Governors 
        shall be made by majority vote, a quorum being present. 
        A quorum shall consist of 5 members.
            (8) Immunity From civil liability.--Notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law, any and all limitations on 
        liability that apply to the members of the Board of 
        Governors also shall apply to such members when acting 
        in their capacities as members of the boards of 
        directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated and Radio Free Asia.
    (c) Director.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Board of Governors shall 
        appoint a Director of the Agency. The Director shall 
        receive basic pay at the rate payable for level IV of 
        the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, 
        United States Code. The Director may be removed through 
        a majority vote of the Board.
            (2) Functions and duties.--The Director shall have 
        the following functions and duties:
                    (A) To exercise the authorities delegated 
                by the Board of Governors pursuant to section 
                305(b).
                    (B) To carry out all broadcasting 
                activities conducted pursuant to this title, 
                the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the 
                Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
                    (C) To examine and make recommendations to 
                the Board of Governors on long-term strategies 
                for the future of international broadcasting, 
                including the use of new technologies.
                    (D) To review engineering activities to 
                ensure that all broadcasting elements receive 
                the highest quality and cost-effective delivery 
                services.
                    (E) To procure supplies, services, and 
                other personal property to carry out the 
                functions of the Agency.
                    (F) To obligate and expend, for official 
                reception and representation expenses, such 
                amounts as may be made available through 
                appropriations.
                    (G) To provide for the use of United States 
                Government transmitter capacity for relay of 
                broadcasting by grantees.
                    (H) To procure temporary and intermittent 
                personal services to the same extent as is 
                authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
                States Code, at rates not to exceed the daily 
                equivalent of the rate provided for positions 
                classified above grade GS-15 of the General 
                Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United 
                States Code.
                    (I) To procure for the Agency, pursuant to 
                section 1535 of title 31, United States Code 
                goods and services from other departments or 
                agencies.
                    (J) To the extent funds are available, to 
                lease space and acquire personal property for 
                the Agency.
    (d) Inspector General Authorities.--
            (1) In general.--The Inspector General of the 
        Department of State shall exercise the same authorities 
        with respect to the Agency as the Inspector General 
        exercises under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and 
        section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 with 
        respect to the Department of State.
            (2) Respect for journalistic integrity of 
        broadcasters.--The Inspector General of the Department 
        of State and the Foreign Service shall respect the 
        journalistic integrity of all the broadcasters covered 
        by this title and may not evaluate the philosophical or 
        political perspectives reflected in the content of 
        broadcasts.

SEC. 305. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY.

    (a) The Agency shall have the following authorities and 
functions:
            (1) To supervise all broadcasting activities 
        conducted pursuant to this title, the Radio 
        Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television 
        Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
            (2) To review and evaluate the mission and 
        operation of, and to assess the quality, effectiveness, 
        and professional integrity of, all such activities 
        within the context of the broad foreign policy 
        objectives of the United States and the guiding 
        principles and doctrines of the United States, 
        particularly freedom and democracy.
            (3) To develop strategic goals after reviewing 
        human rights reporting and other reliable assessments 
        to assist in determining programming and resource 
        allocation.
            (4) To ensure that United States international 
        broadcasting is conducted in accordance with the 
        standards and principles contained in section 303.
            (5) To review, evaluate, and determine, at least 
        annually, after consultation with the Secretary of 
        State, the addition or deletion of language services.
            (6) To make and supervise grants for broadcasting 
        and related activities in accordance with sections 308 
        and 309.
            (7) To allocate funds appropriated for 
        international broadcasting activities among the various 
        elements of the Agency and grantees, subject to the 
        limitations in sections 308 and 309 and subject to 
        reprogramming notification requirements in law for the 
        reallocation of funds.
            (8) To undertake such studies as may be necessary 
        to identify areas in which broadcasting activities 
        under its authority could be made more efficient and 
        economical.
            (9) To submit to the President and the Congress an 
        annual report which summarizes and evaluates activities 
        under this title, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 
        and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, placing 
        special emphasis on the assessment described in 
        paragraph (2).
            (10) To make available in the annual report 
        required by paragraph (9) information on funds expended 
        on administrative and managerial services by the Agency 
        and by grantees and the steps the Agency has taken to 
        reduce unnecessary overhead costs for each of the 
        broadcasting services.
            (11) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV, 
        V, VII, VIII, IX, and X of the United States 
        Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and 
        section 6 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as 
        in effect on the day before the effective date of title 
        XIII of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act 
        of 1998, to the extent the Director considers necessary 
        in carrying out the provisions and purposes of this 
        title.
            (12) To utilize the authorities of any other 
        statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, 
        regulation, agreement, determination, or other official 
        document or proceeding that had been available to the 
        Director of the United States Information Agency, the 
        Bureau, or the Board before the effective date of title 
        XIII of the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act of 1998 
        for carrying out the broadcasting activities covered by 
        this title.
    (b) Delegation of Authority.--The Board of Governors may 
delegate to the Director of the Agency, or any other officer or 
employee of the United States, the authorities provided in this 
section, except those authorities provided in paragraph (1), 
(2), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) of subsection (a).
    (c) Broadcasting Budgets.--Director and the grantees 
identified in sections 308 and 309 shall submit proposed 
budgets to the Board. The Board shall forward its 
recommendations concerning the proposed budget for the Board 
and broadcasting activities under this title, the Radio 
Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to 
Cuba Act to the Office of Management and Budget.

SEC. 306. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

    To assist the Agency in carrying out its functions, the 
Secretary of State shall provide such information and guidance 
on foreign policy and public diplomacy issues to the Agency as 
the Secretary considers appropriate.

SEC. 307. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Officers and Employees.--The Board of Governors may 
appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees 
as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Agency. 
Except as otherwise provided by law, such officers and 
employees shall be appointed in accordance with the civil 
service laws and their compensation shall be fixed in 
accordance with title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Experts and Consultants.--The Board of Governors, as 
may be provided in appropriation Acts, may obtain the services 
of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, and may compensate such experts 
and consultants at rates not to exceed the daily rate 
prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Acceptance of Voluntary Services.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of 
        title 31, United States Code, the Board of Governors 
        may accept, subject to regulations issued by the Office 
        of Personnel Management, voluntary services if such 
        services--
                    (A) are to be uncompensated; and
                    (B) are not used to displace any employee.
            (2) Treatment.--Any individual who provides 
        voluntary services under this section shall not be 
        considered a Federal employee for any purpose other 
        than for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United 
        States Code (relating to compensation for injury) and 
        sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28, United States 
        Code (relating to tort claims).
    (d) Delegation.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
the Board of Governors may delegate any function to the 
Director and such other officers and employees of the Agency as 
the Board of Governors may designate, and may authorize such 
successive redelegations of such functions within the Agency as 
may be necessary or appropriate.
    (e) Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the Federal Property 
        and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and other 
        applicable Federal law, the Board of Governors may 
        make, enter into, and perform such contracts, grants, 
        leases, cooperative agreements, and other similar 
        transactions with Federal or other public agencies 
        (including State and local governments) and private 
        organizations and persons, and to make such payments, 
        by way of advance or reimbursement, as the Board of 
        Governors may determine necessary or appropriate to 
        carry out functions of the Board of Governors or the 
        Agency.
            (2) Appropriation authority required.--No authority 
        to enter into contracts or to make payments under this 
        title shall be effective except to such extent or in 
        such amounts as are provided in advance under 
        appropriation Acts.
    (f) Regulations.--The Director may prescribe such rules and 
regulations as the Board of Governors considers necessary or 
appropriate to administer and manage the functions of the 
Agency, in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (g) Seal.--The Director shall cause a seal of office to be 
made for the Agency of such design as the Board of Governors 
shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of such seal.

SEC. 308. LIMITS ON GRANTS FOR RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY.

    (a) Board of RFE/RL, Incorporated.--[The Board] The Agency 
may not make any grant to RFE/RL, Incorporated, unless the 
certificate of incorporation of RFE/RL, Incorporated, has been 
amended to provide that--
            (1) the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated, 
        shall consist of the members of the [Broadcasting Board 
        of Governors] Board Governors of the International 
        Broadcasting Agency established under section 304 and 
        of no other members; and

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    (b) Location of Principal Place of Business.--
            [(1)] The [Board] Agency may not make any grant to 
        RFE/RL, Incorporated unless the headquarters of RFE/RL, 
        Incorporated and its senior administrative and 
        managerial staff are in a location which ensures 
        economy, operational effectiveness, and accountability 
        to the [Board] Agency.
            [(2) Not later than 90 days after confirmation of 
        all members of the Board, the Board shall provide a 
        report to Congress on the number of administrative, 
        managerial, and technical staff of RFE/RL, Incorporated 
        who will be located within the metropolitan area of 
        Washington, D.C., and the number of employees whose 
        principal place of business will be located outside the 
        metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.]
    (c) Limitation on Grant Amounts.--The total amount of 
grants made by the [Board] Agency for the operating costs of 
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty may not exceed $75,000,000 
for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1995.
    (d) Alternative Grantee.--If the [Board] Agency determines 
at any time that RFE/RL, Incorporated, is not carrying out the 
functions described in section 309 in an effective and 
economical manner, the [Board] Agency may award the grant to 
carry out such functions to another entity after soliciting and 
considering applications from eligible entities in such manner 
and accompanied by such information as the [Board] Agency may 
reasonably require.

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    (g) Grant Agreement.--Grants to RFE/RL, Incorporated, by 
the [Board] Agency shall only be made in compliance with a 
grant agreement. The grant agreement shall establish guidelines 
for such grants. The grant agreement shall include the 
following provisions--
            (1) that a grant be used only for activities which 
        the [Board] Agency determines are consistent with the 
        purposes of subsection (f);

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            (3) that failure to comply with the requirements of 
        this section may result in suspension or termination of 
        a grant without further obligation by the [Board] 
        Agency or the United States;
            (4) that duplication of language services and 
        technical operations between RFE/RL, Incorporated and 
        the [International Broadcasting Bureau] Agency be 
        reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by the 
        [Board] Agency; and
            (5) that RFE/RL, Incorporated, justify in detail 
        each proposed expenditure of grant funds, and that such 
        funds may not be used for any other purpose unless the 
        [Board] Agency gives its prior written approval.
    (h) Prohibited Uses of Grant Funds.--No grant funds 
provided under this section may be used for the following 
purposes:
            (1)  * * *

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            (5) To compensate freelance contractors without the 
        approval of the [Board] Agency.
    (i) Report on Management Practices.--(1) Effective not 
later than March 31 and September 30 of each calendar year, the 
Inspector General of the Department of State [and the Foreign 
Service] shall submit to the [Board] Agency and the Congress a 
report on management practices of RFE/RL, Incorporated, under 
this section. The Inspector General of the Department of State 
[and the Foreign Service] shall establish a special unit within 
the Inspector General's office to monitor and audit the 
activities of RFE/RL, Incorporated, and shall provide for on-
site monitoring of such activities.
    (j) Audit Authority.--
            (1)  * * *

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            (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
        upon repeal of the Board for International Broadcasting 
        Act, the Inspector General of the Department of State 
        [and the Foreign Service] is authorized to exercise the 
        authorities of the Inspector General Act of 1978 with 
        respect to RFE/RL, Incorporated.

SEC. 309. RADIO FREE ASIA.

    (a)  * * *

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    (c) Grant Agreement.--Any grant agreement or grants under 
this section shall be subject to the following limitations and 
restrictions:
            (1) The [Board] Agency may not make any grant to 
        Radio Free Asia unless the headquarters of Radio Free 
        Asia and its senior administrative and managerial staff 
        are in a location which ensures economy, operational 
        effectiveness, and accountability to the [Board] 
        Agency.

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    [(e) Assessment of the Effectiveness of Radio Free Asia.--
Not later than 3 years after the date on which initial funding 
is provided for the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia, the 
Board shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on--
            [(1) whether Radio Free Asia is technically sound 
        and cost-effective,
            [(2) whether Radio Free Asia consistently meets the 
        standards for quality and objectivity established by 
        this title,
            [(3) whether Radio Free Asia is received by a 
        sufficient audience to warrant its continuation,
            [(4) the extent to which such broadcasting is 
        already being received by the target audience from 
        other credible sources; and
            [(5) the extent to which the interests of the 
        United States are being served by maintaining 
        broadcasting of Radio Free Asia.]
    (f) Sunset Provision.--The [Board] Agency may not make any 
grant for the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia after 
September 30, 2009.
    (g) Notification and Consultation Regarding Displacement of 
Voice of America Broadcasting.--The [Board] Agency shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees before entering into 
any agreements for the utilization of Voice of America 
transmitters, equipment, or other resources that will 
significantly reduce the broadcasting activities of the Voice 
of America in Asia or any other region in order to accommodate 
the broadcasting activities of Radio Free Asia. The [Chairman 
of the Board] Agency shall consult with such committees on the 
impact of any such reduction in Voice of America broadcasting 
activities.

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[SEC. 311. PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN JOBS.

    [It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the 
United States Information Agency and the Chairman of the Board 
for International Broadcasting should, in developing the plan 
for consolidation and reorganization of overseas international 
broadcasting services, limit, to the maximum extent feasible, 
consistent with the purposes of the consolidation, elimination 
of any United States-based positions and should affirmatively 
seek to transfer as many positions as possible to the United 
States.]

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SEC. 313. REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Limitation on Obligation and Expenditure of Funds.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the fiscal year 
1994 and for each subsequent fiscal year, any funds 
appropriated for the purposes of broadcasting subject to the 
direction and supervision of the [Board] Agency shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure--
            (1)  * * *

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SEC. 314. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this title--
            (1)  * * *
            [(2) the term ``RFE/RL, Incorporated'' includes--
                    [(A) the corporation having the corporate 
                title described in section 307(b)(3); and
                    [(B) any alternative grantee described in 
                section 307(e); and]

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[SEC. 315. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    [(a) Voice of America Broadcasts.--Section 503 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 
(22 U.S.C. 1463) is repealed.
    [(b) Israel Relay Station.--Section 301(c) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, is 
repealed.
    [(c) Board for International Broadcasting Act.--Section 
4(a)(1) of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 
is amended to read as follows:
                    [``(1) to make grants to RFE/RL, 
                Incorporated and, until September 30, 1995, to 
                make grants to entities established in the 
                privatization of certain functions of RFE/RL, 
                Incorporated in order to carry out the purposes 
                set forth in section 2 of this Act;''.
    [(d) Relocation Costs.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds derived from the sale of real property assets of 
RFE/RL in Munich, Germany, may be retained, obligated, and 
expended to meet one-time costs associated with the 
consolidation of United States Government broadcasting 
activities in accordance with this title, including the costs 
of relocating RFE/RL offices and operations.]

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 SECTION 107 OF THE CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD) 
                              ACT OF 1996

SEC. 107. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.

    (a) Conversion to UHF.--The Director of the [International 
Broadcasting Bureau] United States International Broadcasting 
Agency shall implement a conversion of television broadcasting 
to Cuba under the Television Marti Service to ultra high 
frequency (UHF) broadcasting.
    (b) Periodic Reports.--Not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every three months 
thereafter until the conversion described in subsection (a) is 
fully implemented, the Director of the [International 
Broadcasting Bureau] United States International Broadcasting 
Agency shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees on the progress made in carrying out subsection (a).

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                     RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT

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 Additional Functions of the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United 
                States International Broadcasting Agency

    Sec. 3. (a) In order to carry out the objectives set forth 
in section 2, the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United 
States International Broadcasting Agency (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as [the ``Board'')] the ``Agency'') shall provide 
for the open communication of information and ideas through the 
use of radio broadcasting to Cuba. Radio broadcasting to Cuba 
shall serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source 
of accurate, objective, and comprehensive news.

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    (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), in the event that 
broadcasts to Cuba on the 1180 AM frequency are subject to 
jamming or interference greater by 25 per centum or more than 
the average daily jamming or interference in the twelve months 
preceding September 1, 1983, the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency may 
lease time on commercial or noncommercial educational AM band 
radio broadcasting stations. The Federal Communications 
Commission shall determine levels of jamming and interference 
by conducting regular monitoring of the 1180 AM frequency. In 
the event that more than two hours a day of time is leased, not 
less than 30 per centum of the programing broadcast shall be 
regular Voice of America broadcasts with particular emphasis on 
news and programs meeting the requirements of section 503(2) of 
Public Law 80-402.

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    (f) In the event broadcasting facilities located at 
Marathon, Florida, are rendered inoperable by natural disaster 
or by unlawful destruction, the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency may, 
for the period in which the facilities are inoperable but not 
to exceed one hundred and fifty days, use other United States 
Government-owned transmission facilities for Voice of America 
broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this Act.

                  CUBA SERVICE OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA

    Sec. 4. [The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall 
establish within the International Broadcasting Bureau] The 
Board of Governors of the United States International 
Broadcasting Agency shall establish within the Agency a Cuba 
Service (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Service''). The Service shall be responsible for all radio 
broadcasts to Cuba authorized by section 3. The [Broadcasting 
Board of Governors] Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency shall appoint a head of the 
Service and shall employ such staff as the head of the Service 
may need to carry out his duties. The Cuba Service shall be 
administered separately from other Voice of America functions 
and the head of the Cuba Service shall report directly to the 
[Board of the International Broadcasting Bureau] Board of 
Governors of the United States International Broadcasting 
Agency.

                  ADVISORY BOARD FOR CUBA BROADCASTING

    Sec. 5. (a) There is established within the Office of the 
President the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (in this 
division referred to as the ``Advisory Board''). The Advisory 
Board shall consist of nine members, appointed by the President 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom not 
more than five shall be members of the same political party. 
The President shall designate one member of the [Board] 
Advisory Board to serve as chairperson.
    (b) The [Board] Advisory Board shall review the 
effectiveness of the activities carried out under this Act and 
the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act shall make such 
recommendations to the President and the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency as it may consider necessary.
    (c) In appointing the initial voting members of the [Board] 
Advisory Board, the President shall designate three members to 
serve for a term of three years, three members to serve for a 
term of two years, and three members to serve for a term of one 
year. Thereafter, the term of each member of the [Board] 
Advisory Board shall be three years. The President shall 
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
members to fill vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of 
a term, in which case the members so appointed shall serve for 
the remainder of such term. Any member whose term has expired 
may serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified.
    (d) The head of the Cuba Service and the head of the 
Television Marti Service shall serve, ex officio, as members of 
the [Board] Advisory Board.
    (e) Members of the [Board] Advisory Board appointed by the 
President shall, while attending meetings of the [Board] 
Advisory Board or while engaged in duties relating to such 
meetings or in other activities of the [Board] Advisory Board 
pursuant to this section, including traveltime, be entitled to 
receive compensation equal to the daily equivalent of the 
compensation prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. While away 
from their homes or regular places of business they may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 
in the Government service employed intermittently. The ex 
officio members of the [Board] Advisory Board shall not be 
entitled to any compensation under this section, but may be 
allowed travel expenses as provided in the preceding sentence.
    (f) The [Board] Advisory Board may, to the extent it deems 
necessary to carry out its functions under this section, 
procure supplies, services, and other personal property, 
including specialized electronic equipment.
    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the [Board] 
Advisory Board shall remain in effect indefinitely.

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               ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

    Sec. 6. (a) In order to assist the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency in 
carrying out the purposes set forth in section 2, any agency or 
instrumentality of the United States may sell, loan, lease, or 
grant property (including interests therein) and may perform 
administrative and technical support and services at the 
request of the [Board] Board of Directors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency. Support and services shall 
be provided on a reimbursable basis. Any reimbursement shall be 
credited to the appropriation from which the property, support, 
or services was derived.
    (b) The [Board] United States International Broadcasting 
Agency may carry out the purposes of section 3 by means of 
grants, leases, or contracts (subject to the availability of 
appropriations), or such other means as the Board determines 
will be most effective.

                         FACILITY COMPENSATION

    Sec. 7. (a)  * * *
    (b) Accordingly, the [Board] United States International 
Broadcasting Agency may make payments to the United States 
radio broadcasting station licensees upon their application for 
expenses which they have incurred before, on or after the date 
of this Act in mitigating, pursuant to special temporary 
authority from the Federal Communications Commission, the 
effects of activities by the Government of Cuba which directly 
interfere with the transmission or reception of broadcasts by 
these licensees. Such expenses shall be limited to the costs of 
equipment replaced (less depreciation) and associated technical 
and engineering costs.

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    (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Board] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency, $5,000,000 for 
use in compensating United States radio broadcasting licensees 
pursuant to this section. Amounts appropriated under this 
section are authorized to be available until expended.

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                    AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

    Sec. 8. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors $14,000,000 for fiscal year 
1984, and $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1985 to carry out 
sections 3 and 4 of this Act. The amount obligated by the 
[Broadcasting Board of Governors] United States International 
Broadcasting Agency in ensuing fiscal years shall be sufficient 
to maintain broadcasts to Cuba under this Act at rates no less 
than the fiscal year 1985 level.

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                 TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT

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SEC. 243. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.

    (a) Television Broadcasting to Cuba.--In order to carry out 
the purposes set forth in section 242 and notwithstanding the 
limitation of section 501 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) with respect 
to the dissemination in the United States of information 
prepared for dissemination abroad to the extent such 
dissemination is inadvertent, the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency 
(hereafter in this part referred to as the ``Agency'') shall 
provide for the open communication of information and ideas 
through the use of television broadcasting to Cuba. Television 
broadcasting to Cuba shall serve as a consistently reliable and 
authoritative source of accurate, objective, and comprehensive 
news.

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SEC. 244. TELEVISION MARTI SERVICE.

    (a) Television Marti Service.--There is within the Voice of 
America a Television Marti Service. The Service shall be 
responsible for all television broadcasts to Cuba authorized by 
this part. [The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall appoint a 
head of the Service who shall report directly to the 
International Boardcasting Bureau.] The Board of Governors of 
the United States International Broadcasting Agency shall 
appoint a head of the Service who shall report directly to the 
Board of Governors. The head of the Service shall employ such 
staff as the head of the Service may need to carry out the 
duties of the Service.
    (b) Use of Existing Facilities of the USIA.--To assure 
consistency of presentation and efficiency of operations in 
conducting the activities authorized under this part, the 
Television Marti Service shall make maximum feasible 
utilization of [Board] United States International Broadcasting 
Agency facilities and management support, including Voice of 
America: Cuba Service, Voice of America, and the United States 
International Television Service.
    (c) Authority.--[The Board] The Agency may carry out the 
purposes of this part by means of grants, leases, or contracts 
(subject to the availability of appropriations), or such other 
means as the [Board determines] Board of Governors of the 
United States International Broadcasting Agency determines will 
be most effective.

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SEC. 246. ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

    In order to assist the [United States Information Agency] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency in carrying out 
the provisions of this part, any agency or instrumentality of 
the United States may sell, loan, lease, or grant property 
(including interests therein) and may perform administrative 
and technical support and services at the request of the 
[Board] Board of Governors of the United States International 
Broadcasting Agency.

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                      FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980

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           TITLE I--THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

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                 Chapter 2--Management of the Service

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    Sec. 202. Other Agencies Utilizing the Foreign Service 
Personnel System.--(a)(1) The [Broadcasting Board of Governors] 
United States International Broadcasting Agency and the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development may 
utilize the Foreign Service personnel system with respect to 
their respective agencies in accordance with this Act.

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    Sec. 210. Board of the Foreign Service.--The President 
shall establish a Board of the Foreign Service to advise the 
Secretary of State on matters relating to the Service, 
including furtherance of the objectives of maximum 
compatibility among agencies authorized by law to utilize the 
Foreign Service personnel system and compatibility between the 
Foreign Service personnel system and the other personnel 
systems of the Government. The Board of the Foreign Service 
shall be chaired by an individual appointed by the President 
and shall include one or more representatives of the Department 
of State, the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] United States 
International Broadcasting Agency, the Agency for International 
Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of Labor, the Office of Personnel 
Management, the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, and such other agencies as 
the President may designate.

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               Chapter 10--Labor-Management Relations

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    Sec. 1003. Application.--(a) This chapter applies only with 
respect to the Department of State, the [Broadcasting Board of 
Governors] United States International Broadcasting Agency, the 
Agency for International Development, the Department of 
Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce.

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                         Chapter 11--Grievances

    Sec. 1101. Definition of Grievance.--(a)  * * *

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    (c) This chapter applies only with respect to the 
Department of State, [Broadcasting Board of Governors,] the 
United States International Broadcasting Agency, the Agency for 
International Development, the Department of Agriculture, and 
the Department of Commerce.

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              SECTION 5315 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE

Sec. 5315. Positions at level IV

    Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following 
positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the 
rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of 
title 2, as adjusted by section 5318 of this title:
            Deputy Administrator of General Services.

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            [Director of the International Broadcasting 
        Bureau.]

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            Director, United States International Broadcasting 
        Agency.

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