Board and broadcasting activities under this title, the
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act to the Office of Management and Budg-
et.’’.
SEC. 303. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Section 306 of the United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6205) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 306. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
‘‘To assist the Agency in carrying out its functions,
the Secretary of State shall provide such information and
guidance on foreign policy and public diplomacy issues to
the Agency as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’.
SEC. 304. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
The United States International Broadcasting Act of
1994 is amended by striking section 307 and inserting the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 307. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.—The Board of Gov-
ernors may appoint and fix the compensation of such offi-
cers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the
functions of the Agency. Except as otherwise provided by
law, such officers and employees shall be appointed in ac-
cordance with the civil service laws and their compensation
shall be fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(b) EXPERTS
AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board of
Governors, as may be provided in appropriation Acts, may
obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance
with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and may
compensate such experts and consultants at rates not to ex-
ceed the daily rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section
1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Board of
Governors may accept, subject to regulations issued by
the Office of Personnel Management, voluntary serv-
ices if such services—
‘‘(A) are to be uncompensated; and
‘‘(B) are not used to displace any employee.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Any individual who provides
voluntary services under this section shall not be con-
sidered a Federal employee for any purpose other
than for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United
States Code (relating to compensation for injury) and
sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28, United States
Code (relating to tort claims).
‘‘(d) DELEGATION.—Except as otherwise provided in
this Act, the Board of Governors may delegate any function
to the Director and such other officers and employees of the
Agency as the Board of Governors may designate, and may
authorize such successive redelegations of such functions
within the Agency as may be necessary or appropriate.
‘‘(e) CONTRACTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and
other applicable Federal law, the Board of Governors
may make, enter into, and perform such contracts,
grants, leases, cooperative agreements, and other simi-
lar transactions with Federal or other public agencies
(including State and local governments) and private
organizations and persons, and to make such pay-
ments, by way of advance or reimbursement, as the
Board of Governors may determine necessary or ap-
propriate to carry out functions of the Board of Gov-
ernors or the Agency.
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY
REQUIRED.—
No authority to enter into contracts or to make pay-
ments under this title shall be effective except to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance
under appropriation Acts.
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Director may prescribe such
rules and regulations as the Board of Governors considers
necessary or appropriate to administer and manage the
functions of the Agency, in accordance with chapter 5 of
title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(g) SEAL.—The Director shall cause a seal of office
to be made for the Agency of such design as the Board of
Governors shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of
such seal.’’.
SEC. 305. BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau are abolished.
SEC. 306. TRANSITION.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Except as otherwise
provided in this title or an amendment made by this title,
all functions that on the day before the effective date speci-
fied in section 311 are authorized to be performed by the
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International
Broadcasting Bureau and any officer, employee, or compo-
nent of such entities, under any statute, reorganization
plan, Executive order, or other provision of law, are trans-
ferred to the Agency established under this title effective on
that date.
(b) DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS.—If nec-
essary, the Office of Management and Budget shall make
any determination of the functions that are transferred
under this title.
(c) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—
(1) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Except as oth-
erwise provided by law, the Board of Governors may,
for purposes of performing a function that is trans-
ferred to the Agency by this title, exercise all authori-
ties under any other provision of law that were avail-
able with respect to the performance of that function
to the official responsible for the performance of that
function on the day before the effective date specified
in section 310.
(2) AUTHORITIES TO WIND UP AFFAIRS.—
(A) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may take such actions as the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
considers necessary to wind up any outstanding
affairs of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
and the International Broadcasting Bureau asso-
ciated with the functions that are transferred
pursuant to subsection (a).
(B) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may take such actions as the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
considers necessary to wind up any outstanding
affairs of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
and the International Broadcasting Bureau asso-
ciated with the functions that are transferred
pursuant to subsection (a).
(3) TRANSFER
OF
ASSETS.—Any property,
records, unexpended balances of appropriations, allo-
cations, and other funds employed, used, held, avail-
able, or to be made available in connection with a
function transferred to the Agency by this Act are
transferred on the effective date specified in section
310.
SEC. 307. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
ACT OF 1994.—The United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994 is amended as follows:
(1) Section 308 (22 U.S.C. 6207) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Agency’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Board Governors of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking paragraph (2);
(ii) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘Board’’ both places it
appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’;
(C) in subsections (c), (d), (g), (h), and (i)
by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘Agency’’;
(D) in subsection (g)(4) by striking ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau’’ and inserting
‘‘Agency’’; and
(E) in subsections (i) and (j) by striking
‘‘and the Foreign Service’’ each place it appears.
(2) Section 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘Board’’
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’;
(B) by striking subsection (e);
(C) in subsections (f) and (g) by striking
‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Agency’’; and
(D) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’.
(3) By striking section 311 (22 U.S.C. 6210).
(4) In section 313 (22 U.S.C. 6212) by striking
‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’.
(5) In section 314 (22 U.S.C. 6213) by striking
paragraph (2).
(6) By striking section 315.
(b) CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY
(LIBERTAD) ACT OF 1996.—Section 107 of the Cuban
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of
1996 (22 U.S.C. 6037) is amended in subsections (a) and
(b) by striking ‘‘International Broadcasting Bureau’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(c) RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT.—The Radio
Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.) is
amended as follows:
(1) In section 3 (22 U.S.C. 1465a) as follows:
(A) In the section heading by striking
‘‘BROADCASTING 
BOARD 
OF 
GOV-
ERNORS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AGEN-
CY’’.
(B) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the
‘Board’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the ‘Agency’)’’.
(C) In subsections (a), (d), and (f) by strik-
ing ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broad-
casting Agency’’.
(2) In section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b) as follows:
(A) In the first sentence by striking ‘‘The’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Bureau’’ and in-
serting: ‘‘The Board of Governors of the United
States International Broadcasting Agency shall
establish within the Agency’’.
(B) In the third sentence by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Board of Governors of the United States
International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(C) In the fourth sentence by striking
‘‘Board of the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau’’ and inserting ‘‘Board of Governors of the
United States International Broadcasting Agen-
cy’’.
(3) In section 5 (22 U.S.C. 1465c) as follows:
(A) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’.
(B) By striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’.
(4) In section 6 (22 U.S.C. 1465d) as follows:
(A) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘United 
States 
International 
Broadcasting
Agency’’ and by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Directors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’.
(B) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Board’’
and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(5) In section 7 (22 U.S.C. 1465e) by striking
‘‘Board’’ in subsections (b) and (d) and inserting
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(6) In section 8(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465f(a)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency’’.
(d) TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT.—The
Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa
note) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 243(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’
and inserting ‘‘United States International Broad-
casting Agency’’.
(2) Section 244 (22 U.S.C. 1465cc) is amended
as follows:
(A) In subsection (a) by amending the third
sentence to read as follows: ‘‘The Board of Gov-
ernors of the United States International Broad-
casting Agency shall appoint a head of the Serv-
ice who shall report directly to the Board of Gov-
ernors.’’.
(B) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Board’’
and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(C) In subsection (c) by striking ‘‘The
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘The Agency’’ and by
striking ‘‘Board determines’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency determines’’.
(3) In section 246 (22 U.S.C. 1465dd) by strik-
ing ‘‘United States Information Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agen-
cy’’ and by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Board of
Governors of the United States International Broad-
casting Agency’’.
(e) UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948.—The United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431
et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a), by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘Agency’’.
(f) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—The Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 202(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)(1)),
by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and
inserting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency’’;
(2) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’;
(3) in section 1003(a) (22 U.S.C. 4103(a)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency’’; and
(4) in section 1101(c) (22 U.S.C. 4131(c)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the United States International Broadcasting
Agency,’’.
(g) STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT OF
1956.—The State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 23(a) (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency,’’;
(2) in section 25(f) (22 U.S.C. 2697(f)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’;
(3) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b))—
(A) by striking ‘Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors,’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’; and
(4) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(h) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Director of the International
Broadcasting Bureau.’’.
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Direc-
tor, United States International Broadcasting Agen-
cy.’’.
SEC. 308. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise provided in this title or an amend-
ment made by this title, any reference in any statute, reor-
ganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, de-
termination, or other official document or proceeding to the
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International
Broadcasting Bureau or any other officer or employee of
the Broadcasting Board of Governors or the International
Broadcasting Bureau shall be deemed to refer to the United
States International Broadcasting Agency or the Board of
Governors of the United States International Broadcasting
Agency established under this title.
SEC. 309. BROADCASTING STANDARDS.
Section 303(a) of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (8) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(9) seek to ensure that resources are allocated to
broadcasts directed at people whose governments deny
freedom of expression or who are otherwise in special
need of honest and professional broadcasting, com-
mensurate with the need for such broadcasts.’’.
SEC. 310. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to such amounts as are otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated for the fiscal year 2003, there are authorized to
be appropriated $135,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 for
the Broadcasting Board of Governors to expand television
and radio broadcasting to countries with predominantly
Muslim populations and to support audience development.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 311. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, this title and the amend-
ments made by this title shall take effect on the last day
of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
Union Calendar No. 294
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3969
[Report No. 107–493]
A BILL
To enhance United States public diplomacy, to re-
organize United States international broad-
casting, and for other purposes.
JUNE 5, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed