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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1031

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 for the United

States Information Agency, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 26 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. PELL (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994 and 1995

for the United States Information Agency, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SHORT TITLE

4 SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the ‘‘United

5 States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal

6 Years 1994 and 1995’’.

7 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

8 SEC. 102. In addition to amounts otherwise available

9 for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated

10 for the United States Information Agency to carry out
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1 international information activities, and educational and

2 cultural exchange programs under the United States In3 formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as

4 amended, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange

5 Act of 1961, as amended, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of

6 1977, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as amended,

7 the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Inspector

8 General Act of 1978, as amended, the Center for Cultural

9 and Technical Interchange Between North and South Act,

10 the National Endowment for Democracy Act, as amended,

11 and for other purposes authorized by law.

12 (a) For the fiscal year 1994:

13 (1) ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,’’ $773,024,000;

14 (2) ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro15 grams,’’ $242,922,000;

16 (3) ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba,’’ $28,351,000;

17 (4) ‘‘Office of the Inspector General,’’

18 $4,390,000;

19 (5) ‘‘East-West Center,’’ $26,000,000;

20 (6) ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy,’’

21 $50,000,000;

22 (7) ‘‘Radio Construction,’’ $228,720,000;

23 (8) ‘‘Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Pro24 gram,’’ $300,000;
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1 (9) ‘‘Israeli Arab Scholarship Program,’’

2 $397,000.

3 (b) For the fiscal year 1995:

4 (1) ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,’’ $800,286,000;

5 (2) ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro6 grams,’’ $249,238,000;

7 (3) ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba,’’ $28,382,000;

8 (4) ‘‘Office of the Inspector General,’’

9 $4,396,000;

10 (5) ‘‘East-West Center,’’ $26,676,000;

11 (6) ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy,’’

12 $50,780,000;

13 (7) ‘‘Radio Construction,’’ $106,271,000;

14 (8) ‘‘Eisenhower Fellowship Exchange Pro15 grams,’’ $308,000; and

16 (9) ‘‘Israeli Arab Scholarship Program,’’

17 $407,000.

18 CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES

19 SEC. 103. Section 801 of the United States Informa20 tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.

21 1471), is amended by replacing the period at the end of

22 subsection ‘‘(6)’’ with a semicolon, and adding a new sub23 section ‘‘(7)’’ as follows:

24 ‘‘(7) notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, to carry out projects involving security con26 struction and related improvements for Agency fa-
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1 cilities not collocated with Department of State fa2 cilities abroad.’’.

3 SEC. 104. Section 804(6) of the United States Infor4 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.

5 1474(6)), is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(6) contract with individuals for personal serv7 ice abroad: Provided, That such individuals shall not

8 be regarded as employees of the United States Gov9 ernment for the purpose of any law administered by

10 the Office of Personnel Management.’’.

11 SEC. 105. Section 206(b) of the Foreign Relations

12 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, Public

13 Law 102–138 (22 U.S.C. 1475g note), is hereby repealed.

14 SEC. 106. Subsection (a) of section 501 of the United

15 States Information and Educational Exchange Act of

16 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461(a)), is hereby amended by deleting

17 the second sentence in said subsection and inserting in lieu

18 thereof the following: ‘‘Subject to subsection (b) any such

19 information shall not be disseminated within the United

20 States, its territories or possessions, but, on request, shall

21 be made available following its release as information

22 abroad, to representatives of United States press associa23 tions, newspapers, magazines, radio and television systems

24 and stations, research students and scholars, and Mem25 bers of Congress.’’.
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1 Section 208 of Public Law 99–93 (22 U.S.C. 1461–

2 1a), is amended by adding the following sentence at the

3 end of such section: ‘‘Nothing herein shall preclude the

4 United States Information Agency from reasonably keep5 ing the United States public informed of its operations,

6 policies or programs.’’.

7 SEC. 107. Section 802(b)(3) of the United States In8 formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as

9 amended, (22 U.S.C. 1472(b)(3)) is amended by adding

10 the following sentence at the end thereof: ‘‘However, not11 withstanding this or any other provision in this section,

12 the United States Information Agency is authorized to

13 enter into contracts not to exceed seven years for circuit

14 capacity to distribute radio and television programs.’’.

15 SEC. 108. Subsection (f) of section 701 of the United

16 States Information and Educational Exchange Act of

17 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1476(f)(4)), is amended as follows:

18 (1) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘, for the

19 second fiscal year of any two-year authorization

20 cycle may be appropriated for such second fiscal

21 year’’ and inserting in its place ‘‘for a given fiscal

22 year may be appropriated for such year’’; and

23 (2) by striking subsection ‘‘(f)(4)’’.

24 SEC. 109. Section 902 of the United States Informa25 tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 1431
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1 and the following of title 22, United States Code, is

2 amended by inserting on line one after the word ‘‘any’’

3 the following language: ‘‘international organization of

4 which the United States is a member, or’’.

5 SEC. 110. The Immigration and Nationality Act, as

6 amended, is amended by adding the following new section

7 after section 216A (8 U.S.C. 1186b):

8 ‘‘CONDITIONAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR CER9 TAIN UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY EM10 PLOYEES

11 ‘‘SEC. 216B. (a) CONDITIONAL BASIS FOR ADMIS12 SION.—Conditional immigrant visas may be issued to em13 ployees of the United States Information Agency begin14 ning fiscal year 1994 in a number not to exceed one hun15 dred per fiscal year. Upon enactment, one hundred and

16 fifty additional visas shall be available to present United

17 States Information Agency employees. Such employees

18 shall be identified by the Director of the United States

19 Information Agency, and, if otherwise admissible, shall be

20 admitted conditionally for a period not to exceed four

21 years. Spouses and dependent children of such employees

22 may also be admitted as conditional permanent residents

23 but shall not be subject to numerical limitation.

24 ‘‘(b) REMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL BASIS.—Persons

25 admitted under this provision shall be eligible for removal

26 of the conditional basis of their admission for permanent
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1 resident status after three years, upon certification by the

2 Director of the United States Information Agency to the

3 Attorney General; the Attorney General shall remove the

4 conditional basis of his or her admission, if the alien is

5 otherwise admissible, effective as of the date of such cer6 tification.

7 ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF THE STATUS.—At any time

8 during such four year period, the Director of the United

9 States Information Agency may certify to the Attorney

10 General that such conditional status with respect to any

11 alien should be terminated. Upon receipt of such notice,

12 the Attorney General shall terminate such status and the

13 alien and any other family members admitted with such

14 alien shall be subject to deportation proceedings. The con15 ditional status of any such alien, admitted under this pro16 vision who has not had the conditional basis of his or her

17 admission removed by a date four years after such admis18 sion, shall be deemed to have been terminated.’’.

19 Section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and National20 ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), is amended by adding a

21 new subsection ‘‘(L)’’, as follows:

22 ‘‘(L) an immigrant who is employed by the

23 United States Information Agency for service in

24 the United States, and his or her accompanying
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1 spouse and children, under conditions set forth

2 in section 216B of this Act.’’.

3 Section 804(1) of the United States Information and

4 Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(1)),

5 as amended, is amended by inserting the words ‘‘or as an

6 immigrant under section 101(a)(27)(L) of that Act (8

7 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(L))’’ immediately after the words ‘‘as

8 nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15) of the Immigra9 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15))’’.

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