In the Senate of the United States,
February 7, 2002.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2998) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the establish-
ment of Radio Free Afghanistan.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radio Free Afghanistan
Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN.
(a) REQUIREMENT OF A DETAILED PLAN.—Not later
than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, RFE/
RL, Incorporated, shall submit to the Broadcasting Board
of Governors a report setting forth a detailed plan for the
provision by RFE/RL, Incorporated, of surrogate broad-
casting services in the Dari and Pashto languages to Af-
ghanistan. Such broadcasting services shall be known as
‘‘Radio Free Afghanistan’’.
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective 15 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, or the date on which
the report required by subsection (a) is submitted,
whichever is later, the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors is authorized to make grants to support Radio
Free Afghanistan.
(2) SUPERSEDES
EXISTING
LIMITATION
ON
TOTAL ANNUAL GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grants made to
RFE/RL, Incorporated, during the fiscal year 2002
for support of Radio Free Afghanistan may be made
without regard to section 308(c) of the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C.
6207(c)).
(c) AVAILABLE AUTHORITIES.—In addition to the au-
thorities in this Act, the authorities applicable to carry out
United States Government broadcasting activities under the
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United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948, the United States International Broadcasting Act
of 1994, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act
of 1998, and other provisions of law consistent with such
purpose may be used to carry out the grant authority of
subsection (b).
(d) STANDARDS; OVERSIGHT.—Radio Free Afghani-
stan shall adhere to the same standards of professionalism
and accountability, and shall be subject to the same over-
sight mechanisms, as other services of RFE/RL, Incor-
porated.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to such amounts as are
otherwise available for such purposes, the following amounts
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out United
States Government broadcasting activities under the United
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948,
the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994,
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998,
and this Act, and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes:
(1) For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $8,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002.
(2) For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’,
$9,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002.
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended.
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF BAN ON UNITED STATES TRANSMITTER
IN KUWAIT.
Section 226 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236; 108
Stat. 423), is repealed.
Attest:
Secretary.