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Calendar No. 590

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2682

To authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to

the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of

America.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 7, 2000

Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

JUNE 12, 2000

Reported by Mr. HELMS, without amendment

A BILL

To authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make

available to the Institute for Media Development certain

materials of the Voice of America.

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

3 SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN MATERIALS OF THE

4 VOICE OF AMERICA.

5 (a) AUTHORITY.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of

2 this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (in

3 this Act referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) is authorized

4 to make available to the Institute for Media Devel5 opment (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’),

6 at the request of the Institute, previously broadcast

7 audio and video materials produced by the Africa

8 Division of the Voice of America.

9 (2) DEPOSIT OF MATERIALS.—Upon the re10 quest of the Institute and the approval of the Board,

11 materials made available under paragraph (1) may

12 be deposited with the University of California, Los

13 Angeles, or such other appropriate institution of

14 higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the

15 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))

16 that is approved by the Board for such purpose.

17 (3) SUPERSEDES EXISTING LAW.—Materials

18 made available under paragraph (1) may be provided

19 notwithstanding section 501 of the United States In20 formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948

21 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign

22 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and

23 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a).

24 (b) LIMITATIONS.—
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1 (1) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—Materials made

2 available under this Act shall be used only for aca3 demic and research purposes and may not be used

4 for public or commercial broadcast purposes.

5 (2) PRIOR AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Before

6 making available materials under subsection (a)(1),

7 the Board shall enter into an agreement with the In8 stitute providing for—

9 (A) reimbursement of the Board for any

10 expenses involved in making such materials

11 available;

12 (B) the establishment of guidelines by the

13 Institute for the archiving and use of the mate14 rials to ensure that copyrighted works con15 tained in those materials will not be used in a

16 manner that would violate the copyright laws of

17 the United States (including international copy18 right conventions to which the United States is

19 a party);

20 (C) the indemnification of the United

21 States by the Institute in the event that any

22 use of the materials results in violation of the

23 copyright laws of the United States (including

24 international copyright conventions to which the

25 United States is a party);
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1 (D) the authority of the Board to termi2 nate the agreement if the provisions of para3 graph (1) are violated; and

4 (E) any other terms and conditions relat5 ing to the materials that the Board considers

6 appropriate.

7 (c) CREDITING OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO BOARD AP8 PROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Any reimbursement of the

9 Board under subsection (b) shall be deposited as an offset10 ting collection to the currently applicable appropriation ac11 count of the Board.

12 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

13 The authority provided under this Act shall cease to

14 have effect on the date that is 5 years after the date of

15 enactment of this Act.

Calendar No. 590

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2682

A BILL

To authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors

to make available to the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice ofAmerica.

JUNE 12, 2000

Reported without amendment