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‘‘SEC. 316. SPECIAL AUTHORITY FOR SURGE CAPACITY. 
‘‘(a) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the President de-
termines it to be important to the national interests 
of the United States and so certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees, the President, on 
such terms and conditions as the President may de-
termine, is authorized to direct any department, 
agency, or other governmental entity of the United 
States to furnish the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors with the assistance of such department, agen-
cy, or entity based outside the United States as may 
be necessary to provide international broadcasting 
activities of the United States with a surge capacity 
to support United States foreign policy objectives 
during a crisis abroad. 
‘‘(2) SUPERSEDES
EXISTING
LAW.—The au-
thority of paragraph (1) shall supersede any other 
provision of law. 
‘‘(3) SURGE CAPACITY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘surge capacity’ means the finan-
cial and technical resources necessary to carry out 
broadcasting activities in a geographical area during 
a crisis abroad. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President such sums as may be 
necessary for the President to carry out this section, 
except that no such amount may be appropriated 
which, when added to amounts previously appro-
priated for such purpose but not yet obligated, 
would cause such amounts to exceed $25,000,000. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in this subsection are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in this subsection may be referred 
to as the ‘United States International Broadcasting 
Surge Capacity Fund’. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The annual report submitted to the 
President and Congress by the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors under section 305(a)(9) shall provide a detailed 
description of any activities carried out under this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, there are au-
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thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out United States Government 
broadcasting activities under this Act, including 
broadcasting capital improvements, the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act 
of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as 
enacted in division G of the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999; Public Law 105–277), and to carry out other 
authorities in law consistent with such purposes. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in this section are authorized to remain 
available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 1432. EXPANSION OF UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP, 
EXCHANGE, AND LIBRARY PROGRAMS IN 
ARAB AND PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUN-
TRIES. 
(a) REPORT; CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 
180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the recommendations of the National Commission on Ter-
rorist Attacks Upon the United States and the policy goals 
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described in section 7112 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458) 
for expanding United States scholarship, exchange, and 
library programs in Arab and predominantly Muslim coun-
tries. Such report shall include— 
(1) a certification by the Secretary of State 
that such recommendations have been implemented 
and such policy goals have been achieved; or 
(2) if the Secretary of State is unable to make 
the certification described in paragraph (1), a de-
scription of— 
(A) the steps taken to implement such rec-
ommendations and achieve such policy goals; 
(B) when the Secretary of State expects 
such recommendations to be implemented and 
such policy goals to be achieved; and 
(C) any allocation of resources or other ac-
tions by Congress the Secretary of State con-
siders necessary to implement such rec-
ommendations and achieve such policy goals. 
(b) TERMINATION OF DUTY TO REPORT.—The duty 
to submit a report under subsection (a) shall terminate 
when the Secretary of State submits a certification pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) of such subsection. 
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(c) GAO REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—If the Sec-
retary of State submits a certification pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1), not later than 30 days after the submission 
of such certification, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on whether the recommenda-
tions referred to in subsection (a) have been implemented 
and whether the policy goals described in section 7112 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 have been achieved. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 1433. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD DETAINEES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Commission on Terrorist At-
tacks Upon the United States (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’) declared that the United 
States ‘‘should work with friends to develop mutu-
ally agreed-on principles for the detention and hu-
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