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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4587
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2000
Ms. MCKINNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN MATERIALS OF THE
VOICE OF AMERICA.
(a) AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of
this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) is authorized
to make available to the Institute for Media Devel-
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opment (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’),
at the request of the Institute, previously broadcast
audio and video materials produced by the Africa
Division of the Voice of America.
(2) DEPOSIT
OF
MATERIALS.—Upon the re-
quest of the Institute and the approval of the Board,
materials made available under paragraph (1) may
be deposited with the University of California, Los
Angeles, or such other appropriate institution of
higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))
that is approved by the Board for such purposes.
(3) SUPERSEDES
EXISTING
LAW.—Materials
made available under paragraph (1) may be provided
notwithstanding section 501 of the United States In-
formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948
(22 U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and
1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—Materials made
available under this Act shall be used only for aca-
demic and research purposes and may not be used
for public or commercial broadcast purposes.
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(2) PRIOR
AGREEMENT
REQUIRED.—Before
making available materials under subsection (a)(1),
the Board shall enter into an agreement with the In-
stitute providing for—
(A) reimbursement of the Board for any
expenses involved in making such materials
available;
(B) the establishment of guidelines by the
Institute for the archiving and use of the mate-
rials to ensure that copyrighted works con-
tained in those materials will not be used in a
manner that would violate the copyright laws of
the United States (including international copy-
right conventions to which the United States is
a party);
(C) the indemnification of the United
States by the Institute in the event that any
use of materials results in violation of the copy-
right laws of the United States (including inter-
national copyright conventions to which the
United States is a party);
(D) the authority of the Board to termi-
nate the agreement if the provisions of para-
graph (1) are violated; and
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(E) any other terms and conditions relat-
ing to the materials that the Board considers
appropriate.
(c) CREDITING OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO BOARD AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Any reimbursement of the
Board under subsection (b) shall be deposited as an offset-
ting collection to the currently applicable appropriation ac-
count of the Board.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
The authority provided under this Act shall cease to
have effect on the date that is 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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