    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 124, 111th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 111-166
    111th Congress

    An Act

    To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include in the Annual
    Country Reports on Human Rights Practices information about freedom of
    the press in foreign countries, and for other purposes. <>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
    SECTION 1. <> SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act
    of 2009''.
    SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO FREEDOM OF
    THE PRESS WORLDWIDE IN ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS
    ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES.

    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended--
    (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)), as amended by
    section 333(c) of this division--
    (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the
    end;
    (B) in paragraph (11)--
    (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and''
    at the end; and
    (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
    period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
    (C) by adding at the end the following new
    paragraph:
    ``(12) wherever applicable--
    ``(A) a description of the status of freedom of the
    press, including initiatives in favor of freedom of the
    press and efforts to improve or preserve, as
    appropriate, the independence of the media, together
    with an assessment of progress made as a result of those
    efforts;
    ``(B) an identification of countries in which there
    were violations of freedom of the press, including
    direct physical attacks, imprisonment, indirect sources
    of pressure, and censorship by governments, military,
    intelligence, or police forces, criminal groups, or
    armed extremist or rebel groups; and
    ``(C) in countries where there are particularly
    severe violations of freedom of the press--
    ``(i) whether government authorities of each
    such country participate in, facilitate, or
    condone such violations of the freedom of the
    press; and
    ``(ii) what steps the government of each such
    country has taken to preserve the safety and
    independence of the media, and to ensure the
    prosecution of

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    those individuals who attack or murder
    journalists.''; and
    (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by adding at the end
    the following new subsection:

    ``(i) The report required by subsection (b) shall include, wherever
    applicable--
    ``(1) a description of the status of freedom of the press,
    including initiatives in favor of freedom of the press and
    efforts to improve or preserve, as appropriate, the independence
    of the media, together with an assessment of progress made as a
    result of those efforts;
    ``(2) an identification of countries in which there were
    violations of freedom of the press, including direct physical
    attacks, imprisonment, indirect sources of pressure, and
    censorship by governments, military, intelligence, or police
    forces, criminal groups, or armed extremist or rebel groups; and
    ``(3) in countries where there are particularly severe
    violations of freedom of the press--
    ``(A) whether government authorities of each such
    country participate in, facilitate, or condone such
    violations of the freedom of the press; and
    ``(B) what steps the government of each such country
    has taken to preserve the safety and independence of the
    media, and to ensure the prosecution of those
    individuals who attack or murder journalists.''.

    Approved May 17, 2010.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3714:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 155 (2009):
    Dec. 15, 16, considered and passed
    House.
    Vol. 156 (2010):
    April 29, considered and passed
    Senate.