(b) FACILITIES AND BROADCASTING INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—The United States International Communications 
Agency and the Freedom News Network shall negotiate 
an International Cooperative Administrative Support 
Service (ICASS) agreement or memorandum of under-
standing permitting the continued use of technological in-
frastructure for broadcasting and information dissemina-
tion, except that the Freedom News Network may choose 
to procure such services through negotiated contracts with 
private-sector providers. 
SEC. 224. REPORTS BY THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; 
AUDITS BY GAO. 
(a) IG REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 
30 of each year, the Inspector General of the De-
partment of State and the Foreign Service shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on management practices of the Freedom 
News Network, including a financial report on unob-
ligated balances. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Inspector 
General of the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service is authorized to exercise the authorities of 
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the Inspector General Act of 1978 with respect to 
the Freedom News Network. 
(b) GAO AUDITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Financial transactions of the 
Freedom News Network, as such relate to functions 
carried out under this Act, may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office in accordance with 
such principles and procedures and under such rules 
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States. Any such audit 
shall be conducted at the place or places where ac-
counts of the Freedom News Network are normally 
kept. 
(2) ACCESS.—Representatives of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office shall have access to all 
books, accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and 
property belonging to or in use by the Freedom 
News Network pertaining to the financial trans-
actions referred to in paragraph (1) and necessary 
to facilitate an audit in accordance with such para-
graph. All such books, accounts, records, reports, 
files, papers, and property of the Freedom News 
Network shall remain in the possession and custody 
of the Freedom News Network. 
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SEC. 225. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES INFORMA-
TION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 
1948. 
The United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 is amended— 
(1) in title V (22 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.), by strik-
ing ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Communications 
Agency’’ each place it appears; 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) of section 
501(b) (22 U.S.C. 1461(b)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary and the United States International Communica-
tions Agency may, upon request and reimbursement of the 
reasonable costs incurred in fulfilling such a request, make 
available, in the United States, motion pictures, films, 
video, audio, and other materials disseminated abroad 
pursuant to this Act. Any reimbursement pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be credited to the applicable appropriation 
account of the Department of State or the United States 
International Communications Agency, as appropriate. 
The Secretary and the United States International Com-
munications Agency shall issue necessary regulations.’’; 
(3) by repealing sections 504 and 505 (22 
U.S.C. 1464 and 1464a); 
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(4) by redesignating section 506 (22 U.S.C. 
1464b) as section 504; 
(5) in section 504, as so redesignated, in sub-
section (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Communications Agency’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(6) in clause (iii) of section 604(d)(1)(A) (22 
U.S.C. 1469(d)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States 
International Communications Agency’’; 
(7) in paragraph (3) of section 801 (22 U.S.C. 
1471), by striking ‘‘Director of the United States 
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States International Commu-
nications Agency’’; 
(8) in subsection (b) of section 802 (22 U.S.C. 
1472)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the United States Information Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States International Communica-
tions Agency’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Communica-
tions Agency’’; 
(9) in paragraph (1) of section 804 (22 U.S.C. 
1474), by striking ‘‘Director of the United States 
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States International Commu-
nications Agency’’; 
(10) in section 810(b) (22 U.S.C. 1475e(b))— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘United States Information Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Communications Agency’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States International Communications 
Agency’’; and 
(11) in subsection (a) of section 1001 (22 
U.S.C. 1442), by striking ‘‘Director of the United 
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief 
Executive Officer of the United States International 
Communications Agency’’. 
Æ 
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