IIB

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2682

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 26, 2000

Referred to the Committee on International Relations

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN MATERIALS OF THE

2 VOICE OF AMERICA.

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of

5 this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (in

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

7 to make available to the Institute for Media Devel8 opment (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’),

9 at the request of the Institute, previously broadcast

10 audio and video materials produced by the Africa

11 Division of the Voice of America.

12 (2) DEPOSIT OF MATERIALS.—Upon the re13 quest of the Institute and the approval of the Board,

14 materials made available under paragraph (1) may

15 be deposited with the University of California, Los

16 Angeles, or such other appropriate institution of

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

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

19 that is approved by the Board for such purpose.

20 (3) SUPERSEDES EXISTING LAW.—Materials

21 made available under paragraph (1) may be provided

22 notwithstanding section 501 of the United States In23 formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948

24 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign

25 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and

26 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a).
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1 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

2 (1) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—Materials made

3 available under this Act shall be used only for aca4 demic and research purposes and may not be used

5 for public or commercial broadcast purposes.

6 (2) PRIOR AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Before

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

8 the Board shall enter into an agreement with the In9 stitute providing for—

10 (A) reimbursement of the Board for any

11 expenses involved in making such materials

12 available;

13 (B) the establishment of guidelines by the

14 Institute for the archiving and use of the mate15 rials to ensure that copyrighted works con16 tained in those materials will not be used in a

17 manner that would violate the copyright laws of

18 the United States (including international copy19 right conventions to which the United States is

20 a party);

21 (C) the indemnification of the United

22 States by the Institute in the event that any

23 use of the materials results in violation of the

24 copyright laws of the United States (including
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1 international copyright conventions to which the

2 United States is a party);

3 (D) the authority of the Board to termi4 nate the agreement if the provisions of para5 graph (1) are violated; and

6 (E) any other terms and conditions relat7 ing to the materials that the Board considers

8 appropriate.

9 (c) CREDITING OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO BOARD AP10 PROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Any reimbursement of the

11 Board under subsection (b) shall be deposited as an offset12 ting collection to the currently applicable appropriation ac13 count of the Board.

14 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

15 The authority provided under this Act shall cease to

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

17 enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate June 23, 2000.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.