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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 6, 2000

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

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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.—

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

7 this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (in

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

9 to make available to the Institute for Media Devel-
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1 opment (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’),

2 at the request of the Institute, previously broadcast

3 audio and video materials produced by the Africa

4 Division of the Voice of America.

5 (2) DEPOSIT OF MATERIALS.—Upon the re6 quest of the Institute and the approval of the Board,

7 materials made available under paragraph (1) may

8 be deposited with the University of California, Los

9 Angeles, or such other appropriate institution of

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

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

12 that is approved by the Board for such purpose.

13 (3) SUPERSEDES EXISTING LAW.—Materials

14 made available under paragraph (1) may be provided

15 notwithstanding section 501 of the United States In16 formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948

17 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign

18 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and

19 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a).

20 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

21 (1) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—Materials made

22 available under this Act shall be used only for aca23 demic and research purposes and may not be used

24 for public or commercial broadcast purposes.
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1 (2) PRIOR AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Before

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

3 the Board shall enter into an agreement with the In4 stitute providing for—

5 (A) reimbursement of the Board for any

6 expenses involved in making such materials

7 available;

8 (B) the establishment of guidelines by the

9 Institute for the archiving and use of the mate10 rials to ensure that copyrighted works con11 tained in those materials will not be used in a

12 manner that would violate the copyright laws of

13 the United States (including international copy14 right conventions to which the United States is

15 a party);

16 (C) the indemnification of the United

17 States by the Institute in the event that any

18 use of the materials results in violation of the

19 copyright laws of the United States (including

20 international copyright conventions to which the

21 United States is a party);

22 (D) the authority of the Board to termi23 nate the agreement if the provisions of para24 graph (1) are violated; and
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1 (E) any other terms and conditions relat2 ing to the materials that the Board considers

3 appropriate.

4 (c) CREDITING OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO BOARD AP5 PROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Any reimbursement of the

6 Board under subsection (b) shall be deposited as an offset7 ting collection to the currently applicable appropriation ac8 count of the Board.

9 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

10 The authority provided under this Act shall cease to

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

12 enactment of this Act.

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