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under section 5313 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) Any grant agreement under this section 
shall require that any contract entered into by Mid-
dle East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that 
all obligations are assumed by Middle East Broad-
casting Networks and not by the United States Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that 
any lease agreement entered into by Middle East 
Broadcasting Networks shall be, to the maximum 
extent possible, assignable to the United States Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 
made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires 
that grant funds be used only for activities con-
sistent with this section, and that failure to comply 
with such requirements shall permit the grant to be 
terminated without fiscal obligation to the United 
States. 
‘‘(5) Duplication of language services and tech-
nical operations between the Middle East Broad-
casting Networks (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, 
and the International Broadcasting Bureau will be
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reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by 
the Board. 
‘‘(d) NOT
A FEDERAL AGENCY
OR INSTRUMEN-
TALITY.—Nothing in this title may be construed to 
make— 
‘‘(1) the Middle East Broadcasting Networks a 
Federal agency or instrumentality; or 
‘‘(2) the officers or employees of the Middle 
East Broadcasting Networks officers or employees of 
the United States Government.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such Act is further amended— 
(1) in section 304(g) (22 U.S.C. 6203(g)), by 
inserting ‘‘, the Middle East Broadcasting Net-
works,’’ after ‘‘Incorporated’’; 
(2) in section 305 (22 U.S.C. 6204)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘308 
and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 
309A’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘308 
and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 
309A’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘308 and 
309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and
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(3) in section 307 (22 U.S.C. 6206)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘308 and 
309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), in the second sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad-
casting Networks,’’ after ‘‘Asia,’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO 
TITLE 5.—Section 8332(b)(11) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad-
casting Networks;’’ after ‘‘Radio Free Asia;’’. 
SEC. 503. IMPROVING SIGNAL DELIVERY TO CUBA. 
Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 
U.S.C. 1465a; Public Law 98–111) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) To effect radio broadcasting to Cuba, the Board 
is authorized to utilize the United States International 
Broadcasting facilities located in Marathon, Florida, and 
the 1180 AM frequency used at those facilities. In addi-
tion to the above facilities, the Board may simultaneously 
utilize other governmental and nongovernmental broad-
casting transmission facilities and other frequencies, in-
cluding the Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Fre-
quency Modulation (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW)
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band. The Board may lease time on commercial or non-
commercial educational AM band, FM band, and SW band 
radio broadcasting stations to carry a portion of the serv-
ice programs or to rebroadcast service programs.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (d); 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) Any service program of United States Govern-
ment radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section 
shall be designated ‘Radio Marti program’.’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (f); and 
(6) by redesignating subsections (c) and (e) (as 
amended by this section) as subsections (b) and (c), 
respectively. 
SEC. 504. ESTABLISHING PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR 
RADIO FREE ASIA. 
Section 309 of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘, and shall 
further specify that funds to carry out the activities 
of Radio Free Asia may not be available after Sep-
tember 30, 2009’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (f).
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SEC. 505. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 
Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(in this section referred to 
as the ‘program’)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘producers, and writers’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and other broadcasting special-
ists’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 
inserting ‘‘100’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 506. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 
ISLANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS. 
Section 305(a) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of pri-
mary and secondary school expenses for dependents 
of personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to