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(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 540. 
(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-
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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 
540. 
SEC. 537. 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
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(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.
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(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-
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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
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‘‘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-
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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))—
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(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—
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(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.—
(1) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Di-
rector, United States International Broadcasting 
Agency.’’.
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(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the International 
Broadcasting Bureau.’’. 
SEC. 538. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or an 
amendment made by this subtitle, any reference in any stat-
ute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agree-
ment, determination, or other official document or pro-
ceeding 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 subtitle. 
SEC. 539. BROADCASTING STANDARDS. 
Section 303(a) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)) is amend-
ed—
(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:
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‘‘(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. 540. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, this subtitle and the 
amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on the 
last day of the 6-month period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL FREE 
MEDIA ACT OF 2003
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Free 
Media Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the term ‘‘free media’’ means individuals 
or organizations engaged in the gathering and distribution 
of news and information free of direct or indirect govern-
mental control. 
SEC. 603. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Freedom of speech and freedom of the press 
are fundamental human rights enshrined in inter-
national law.
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(2) The United States has a national interest in 
promoting these freedoms by supporting free media 
abroad, which is essential to the development of free 
and democratic societies consistent with our own. 
(3) Free media is undermined, endangered, or 
nonexistent in many repressive and transitional soci-
eties around the world, including in Eurasia, Africa, 
and the Middle East. 
(4) Free media is suppressed by foreign govern-
ments by a variety of means, including state censor-
ship, legal restriction, financial pressure, and phys-
ical intimidation. 
(5) Unprofessional and unethical media that vio-
late widely accepted standards of professional jour-
nalism and editorial practice compromises the ability 
of a free media to contribute to open, fair, and con-
structive democratic debate. 
(6) Unprofessional and unethical media includes 
media that violate the standards set in the Inter-
national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 
which includes article 20, section 2 of the Covenant 
which states that ‘‘Any advocacy of national, racial, 
or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to dis-
crimination, hostility, or violence shall be prohibited 
by law.’’.
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(7) Individuals lacking access to a plurality of 
free media are vulnerable to misinformation and 
propaganda and are potentially more likely to adopt 
anti-American views. 
(8) Foreign governments have a responsibility to 
actively and publicly discourage and rebut unpro-
fessional and unethical media while respecting jour-
nalistic integrity and editorial independence. 
(9) Past and continuing United States Govern-
ment efforts to promote free media through training 
and technical support have advanced United States 
national interests by contributing to the promotion of 
human rights and democracy worldwide. 
(10) Support for free media must be an integral 
part of United States foreign policy, including public 
diplomacy and United States international broad-
casting, and should be coordinated across government 
agencies and with international, bilateral, and pri-
vate donor organizations toward achieving the shared 
goal of developing professional, ethical, diversified, 
sustainable, independent, indigenous media world-
wide. 
SEC. 604. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States, acting 
through the Secretary of State, to—
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(1) make the promotion of press freedoms and 
free media worldwide a priority of United States for-
eign policy and an integral component of United 
States public diplomacy; 
(2) respect the journalistic integrity and edi-
torial independence of free media worldwide; 
(3) use widely accepted standards for profes-
sional and ethical journalistic and editorial practices 
in assessing international media; and 
(4) discourage incitement to discrimination, hos-
tility, or violence, based on nationality, race, or reli-
gion, as described in article 20, section 2, of the Inter-
national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and 
develop a strategy to respond to it. 
SEC. 
605. 
COORDINATOR 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL 
FREE 
MEDIA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within the 
Department of State a Coordinator for International Free 
Media (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 
At the discretion of the President another official at the De-
partment of State may serve as the Coordinator. 
(b) APPOINTMENT
OF COORDINATOR.—The Coordi-
nator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate.
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(c) DUTIES.—The principal duties of the Coordinator 
shall be the promotion of international press freedoms and 
free media by—
(1) coordinating United States government poli-
cies, programs, and projects concerning international 
press freedoms and free media; 
(2) in consultation with appropriate agencies of 
the United States Government and national and 
international organizations, monitoring and assessing 
the status of free media and government controlled 
sources of information, including for incitement of 
national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes 
incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence, as 
described in article 20 of the International Covenant 
on Civil and Political Rights; 
(3) promoting widely accepted standards of pro-
fessional and ethical journalism and editorial prac-
tices; 
(4) discouraging media and government con-
trolled sources of information from advocating na-
tional, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes in-
citement to discrimination, hostility, or violence con-
sistent with article 20, section 2 of the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
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(5) reporting foreign media that advocates na-
tional, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes in-
citement to discrimination, hostility, or violence con-
sistent with article 20, section 2, of the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and making 
available to the public and to the United States Agen-
cy for International Broadcasting translations of such 
media to the extent practicable; 
(6) promoting the journalistic integrity and edi-
torial independence of free media worldwide; 
(7) advising the President and the Secretary of 
State regarding matters of international press free-
doms and free media; 
(8) representing the United States in matters 
and cases relevant to international press freedoms 
and free media; 
(9) assisting the Secretary of State in preparing 
the portions of the Department of State country re-
ports on human rights that relate to international 
press freedoms and free media and incitement to acts 
of discrimination; 
(10) consulting with the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for the purpose of promoting