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tor General Act of 1978 and section 209 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 with respect to the
Department of State.
‘‘(B) RESPECT FOR JOURNALISTIC INTEG-
RITY OF BROADCASTERS.—The Inspector General
shall respect the journalistic integrity of all the
broadcasters covered by this title and may not
evaluate the philosophical or political perspec-
tives reflected in the content of broadcasts.’’.
SEC. 1323. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED
STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT
OF 1994.
(a) REFERENCES IN SECTION.—Whenever in this sec-
tion an amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment
or repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to
be made to the United States International Broadcasting
Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.).
(b) SUBSTITUTION OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—Sec-
tions 304(b)(1)(B), 304(b) (2) and (3), 304(c), and 304(e)
(22 U.S.C. 6203(b)(1)(B), 6203(b) (2) and (3), 6203(c), and
6203(e)) are amended by striking ‘‘Director of the United
States Information Agency’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(c) SUBSTITUTION
OF
ACTING
SECRETARY
OF
STATE.—Section 304(c) (22 U.S.C. 6203(c)) is amended by
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striking ‘‘acting Director of the agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Act-
ing Secretary of State’’.
(d) STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING.—Section 303(b) (22 U.S.C. 6202(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, including
editorials, broadcast by the Voice of America, which
present the views of the United States Government’’
after ‘‘policies’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9)
as paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following:
‘‘(4) the capability to provide a surge capacity
to support United States foreign policy objectives dur-
ing crises abroad;’’;
(e) AUTHORITIES OF THE BOARD.—Section 305(a) (22
U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘direct and’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Tele-
vision Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and Worldnet
Television, except as provided in section 306(b)’’;
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(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, after con-
sultation 
with 
the 
Secretary 
of 
State,’’ 
after
‘‘annually,’’;
(3) in paragraph (9)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, through the Director of
the United States Information Agency,’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘Each annual report shall place special
emphasis on the assessment described in para-
graph (2).’’;
(4) in paragraph (12)—
(A) by striking ‘‘1994 and 1995’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1998 and 1999’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to the Board for Inter-
national Broadcasting for such purposes for fis-
cal year 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Board and
the International Broadcasting Bureau for such
purposes for fiscal year 1997’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(15)(A) To procure temporary and intermittent
personal services to the same extent as is authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates
not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate provided
for positions classified above grade GS–15 of the Gen-
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eral Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United
States Code.
‘‘(B) To allow those providing such services,
while away from their homes or their regular places
of business, travel expenses (including per diem in
lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 of
title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Govern-
ment service employed intermittently, while so em-
ployed.
‘‘(16) To procure, pursuant to section 1535 of
title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the
‘Economy Act’), such goods and services from other
departments or agencies for the Board and the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau as the Board deter-
mines are appropriate.
‘‘(17) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV,
V, VII, VIII, IX, and X of the United States Informa-
tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and sec-
tion 6 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as
in effect on the day before the effective date of title
XIII of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation
Act of 1997, to the extent the Board considers nec-
essary in carrying out the provisions and purposes of
this title.
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‘‘(18) To utilize the authorities of any other stat-
ute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation,
agreement, determination, or other official document
or proceeding that had been available to the Director
of the United States Information Agency, the Bureau,
or the Board before the effective date of title XIII of
the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act of 1997 for car-
rying out the broadcasting activities covered by this
title.’’.
(f) DELEGATION
OF AUTHORITY.—Section 305 (22
U.S.C. 6204) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d)
as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(b) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Board may
delegate to the Director of the International Broadcasting
Bureau, or any other officer or employee of the United
States, to the extent the Board determines to be appropriate,
the authorities provided in this section, except those au-
thorities provided in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6),
(9), or (11) of subsection (a).’’.
(g) BROADCASTING BUDGETS.—Section 305(c)(1) (as
redesignated) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Director’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘the Director of the United States
Information Agency for the consideration of the Di-
rector as a part of the Agency’s budget submission
to’’.
(h) REPEAL.—Section 305(c)(2) (as redesignated) is
repealed.
(i) IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 305(d) (as redesig-
nated) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) PROFESSIONAL
INDEPENDENCE
OF
BROAD-
CASTERS.—The Secretary of State and the Board, in carry-
ing out their functions, shall respect the professional inde-
pendence and integrity of the International Broadcasting
Bureau, its broadcasting services, and the grantees of the
Board.’’.
(j) FOREIGN POLICY GUIDANCE.—Section 306 (22
U.S.C. 6205) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FOR-
EIGN POLICY GUIDANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘ROLE
OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(a) FOREIGN POLICY GUID-
ANCE.—’’ immediately before ‘‘To’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘State, acting through the Direc-
tor of the United States Information Agency,’’ and
inserting ‘‘State’’;
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(4) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, as the Secretary may deem appro-
priate’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) CERTAIN WORLDNET PROGRAMMING.—The Sec-
retary of State is authorized to use Worldnet broadcasts for
the purposes of continuing interactive dialogues with for-
eign media and other similar overseas public diplomacy
programs sponsored by the Department of State. The Chair-
man of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall provide
access to Worldnet for this purpose on a nonreimbursable
basis.’’.
(k) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.—Sec-
tion 307 (22 U.S.C. 6206) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘within the
United States Information Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘under the Board’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Chairman
of the Board, in consultation with the Director of the
United States Information Agency and with the con-
currence of a majority of the Board’’ and inserting
‘‘President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate’’;
(3) by redesignating subsection (b)(1) as sub-
section (b);
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(4) by striking subsection (b)(2); and
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Di-
rector shall organize and chair a coordinating committee
to examine and make recommendations to the Board on
long-term strategies for the future of international broad-
casting, including the use of new technologies, further con-
solidation of broadcast services, and consolidation of cur-
rently existing public affairs and legislative relations func-
tions in the various international broadcasting entities. The
coordinating committee shall include representatives of
Radio Free Asia, RFE/RL, Incorporated, the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, and, as appropriate, the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting, the Voice of America, and Worldnet.’’.
(l) REPEALS.—The following provisions of law are re-
pealed:
(1) Subsections (k) and (l) of section 308 (22
U.S.C. 6207 (k), (l)).
(2) Section 310 (22 U.S.C. 6209).
SEC. 1324. AMENDMENTS TO THE RADIO BROADCASTING TO
CUBA ACT.
The Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465
et seq.) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Agency’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Board’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘the Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Broadcasting Board of Governors’’;
(4) in section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b), by striking
‘‘the Voice of America’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau’’;
(5) in section 5 (22 U.S.C. 1465c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’; and
(B) in subsection (a), by striking the first
sentence and inserting ‘‘There is established
within the Office of the President the Advisory
Board for Cuba Broadcasting (in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘Advisory Board’).’’; and
(6) by striking any other reference to ‘‘Director’’
not amended by paragraph (3) each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Board’’.
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SEC. 1325. AMENDMENTS TO THE TELEVISION BROADCAST-
ING TO CUBA ACT.
The Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C.
1465aa et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 243(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb(a)) and
section 246 (22 U.S.C. 1465dd), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’;
(2) in section 243(c) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb(c))—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘USIA’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘ ‘USIA Television’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the ‘Television’’;
(3) in section 244(c) (22 U.S.C. 1465cc(c)) and
section 246 (22 U.S.C. 1465dd), by striking ‘‘Agency’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Board’’;
(4) in section 244 (22 U.S.C. 1465cc)—
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OF
THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGEN-
CY’’;
(B) in subsection (a)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘The Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency shall establish’’ and inserting
‘‘There is’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence—
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(I) by striking ‘‘Director of the
United States Information Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘the Director of
the Voice of America’’ and inserting
‘‘the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau’’;
(C) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Agency facilities’’ and
inserting ‘‘Board facilities’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Information Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘International’’; and
(D) in the heading of subsection (c), by
striking ‘‘USIA’’; and
(5) in section 245(d) (22 U.S.C. 1465c note), by
striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’.
SEC. 1326. TRANSFER OF BROADCASTING RELATED FUNDS,
PROPERTY, AND PERSONNEL.
(a) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATION OF PROPERTY AND
APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The assets, liabilities (includ-
ing contingent liabilities arising from suits continued
with a substitution or addition of parties under sec-
tion 1327(d)), contracts, property, records, and unex-
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pended balance of appropriations, authorizations, al-
locations, and other funds employed, held, used, aris-
ing from, available to, or to be made available in con-
nection with the functions and offices of USIA trans-
ferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors by this
chapter shall be transferred to the Broadcasting
Board of Governors for appropriate allocation.
(2) ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS.—In addition to the
transfers made under paragraph (1), there shall be
transferred to the Chairman of the Broadcasting
Board of Governors the assets, contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balance of appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in concurrence with the
Broadcasting Board of Governors, to support the
functions transferred by this chapter.
(b) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law—
(1) except as provided in subsection (c), all per-
sonnel and positions of USIA employed or main-
tained to carry out the functions transferred by this
chapter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall
be transferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors
at the same grade or class and the same rate of basic
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grants, contracts, property, records, and unexpended bal-
ances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and
other funds held, used, arising from, available to, or to be
made available in connection with functions and offices
transferred from USIA, as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this section.
SEC. 1327. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.
(a) CONTINUING LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT.—All or-
ders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agree-
ments, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations,
privileges, and other administrative actions—
(1) that have been issued, made, granted, or al-
lowed to become effective by the President, any Fed-
eral agency or official thereof, or by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, in the performance of functions
exercised by the Broadcasting Board of Governors of
the United States Information Agency on the day be-
fore the effective date of this title, and
(2) that are in effect at the time this title takes
effect, or were final before the effective date of this
title and are to become effective on or after the effec-
tive date of this title,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modi-
fied, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accord-
ance with law by the President, the Broadcasting Board
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of Governors, or other authorized official, a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(b) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this chapter,
or amendments made by this chapter, shall not affect
any proceedings, including notices of proposed rule-
making, or any application for any license, permit,
certificate, or financial assistance pending before the
Broadcasting Board of Governors of the United States
Information Agency at the time this title takes effect,
with respect to functions exercised by the Board as of
the effective date of this title but such proceedings and
applications shall be continued.
(2) ORDERS, APPEALS, AND PAYMENTS.—Orders
shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be
taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursu-
ant to such orders, as if this chapter had not been en-
acted, and orders issued in any such proceedings shall
continue in effect until modified, terminated, super-
seded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a
court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of
law.
(3) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinu-
ance or modification of any such proceeding under
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the same terms and conditions and to the same extent
that such proceeding could have been discontinued or
modified if this chapter had not been enacted.
(c) NONABATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.—No suit, ac-
tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against any offi-
cer in the official capacity of such individual as an officer
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or any commission
or component thereof, shall abate by reason of the enactment
of this chapter. No cause of action by or against the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, or any commission or compo-
nent thereof, or by or against any officer thereof in the offi-
cial capacity of such officer, shall abate by reason of the
enactment of this chapter.
(d) CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDINGS WITH SUBSTI-
TUTION OF PARTIES.—
(1) SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES.—If, before the
effective date of this title, USIA or the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, or any officer thereof in the offi-
cial capacity of such officer, is a party to a suit
which is related to the functions transferred by this
chapter, then effective on such date such suit shall be
continued with the Broadcasting Board of Governors
or other appropriate official of the Board substituted
or added as a party.
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(2) LIABILITY OF THE BOARD.—The Board shall
participate in suits continued under paragraph (1)
where the Broadcasting Board of Governors or other
appropriate official of the Board is added as a party
and shall be liable for any judgments or remedies in
those suits or proceedings arising from the exercise of
the functions transferred by this chapter to the same
extent that USIA would have been liable if such judg-
ment or remedy had been rendered on the day before
the abolition of USIA.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS RELATING TO PROMUL-
GATION OF REGULATIONS.—Any administrative action re-
lating to the preparation or promulgation of a regulation
by the Broadcasting Board of Governors relating to a func-
tion exercised by the Board before the effective date of this
title may be continued by the Board with the same effect
as if this chapter had not been enacted.
(f) REFERENCES.—Reference in any other Federal
law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au-
thority, or any document of or relating to the Broadcasting
Board of Governors of the United States Information Agen-
cy with regard to functions exercised before the effective date
of this title, shall be deemed to refer to the Board.
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SEC. 1328. REPORT ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF RFE/RL,
INCORPORATED.
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Broadcasting
Board of Governors shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the progress of the Board and
of RFE/RL, Incorporated, on any steps taken to further the
policy declared in section 312(a) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. The report
under this subsection shall include the following:
(1) Efforts by RFE/RL, Incorporated, to termi-
nate individual language services.
(2) A detailed description of steps taken with re-
gard to section 312(a) of that Act.
(3) An analysis of prospects for privatization
over the coming year.
(4) An assessment of the extent to which United
States Government funding may be appropriate in
the year 2000 and subsequent years for surrogate
broadcasting to the countries to which RFE/RL, In-
corporated, broadcast during the year. This assess-
ment shall include an analysis of the environment for
independent media in those countries, noting the ex-
tent of government control of the media, the ability of
independent journalists and news organizations to
operate, relevant domestic legislation, level of govern-
ment harassment and efforts to censor, and other in-
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dications of whether the people of such countries enjoy
freedom of expression.
CHAPTER 4—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
SEC. 1331. REFERENCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, any reference in any statute, reorganiza-
tion plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, deter-
mination, or other official document or proceeding to—
(1) the Director of the United States Information
Agency or the Director of the International Commu-
nication Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Sec-
retary of State; and
(2) the United States Information Agency,
USIA, or the International Communication Agency
shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State.
(b) CONTINUING REFERENCES TO USIA OR DIREC-
TOR.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to section 146 (a), (b),
or (c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4069a(f), 4069b(g), or
4069c(f)).
SEC. 1332. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES
CODE.
Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5313, by striking ‘‘Director of the
United States Information Agency.’’;
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(2) in section 5315—
(A) by striking ‘‘Deputy Director of the
United States Information Agency.’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Director of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau, the United States
Information Agency.’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of
the International Broadcasting Bureau.’’; and
(3) in section 5316—
(A) by striking ‘‘Deputy Director, Policy
and Plans, United States Information Agency.’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Associate Director (Policy
and Plans), United States Information Agency.’’.
SEC. 1333. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAWS.
(a) APPLICATION TO FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.—Section 501 of Public Law 80–402 (22 U.S.C.
1461), section 202 of Public Law 95–426 (22 U.S.C. 1461–
1), and section 208 of Public Law 99–93 (22 U.S.C. 1461–
1a) shall not apply to public affairs and other information
dissemination functions of the Secretary of State as carried
out prior to any transfer of functions pursuant to this sub-
division.
(b) APPLICATION TO FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED TO
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Section 501 of Public Law 80–
402 (22 U.S.C. 1461), section 202 of Public Law 95–426
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(22 U.S.C. 1461–1), and section 208 of Public Law 99–
93 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) shall apply only to public diplo-
macy programs, personnel and support of the Director of
the United States Information Agency as carried out prior
to any transfer of functions pursuant to this subdivision
to the same extent that such programs were covered by these
provisions prior to such transfer.
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as pro-
vided in section 501 of Public Law 80–402 and section 208
of Public Law 99–93, funds specifically authorized to be
appropriated for such public diplomacy programs shall not
be used to influence public opinion in the United States,
and no program material prepared using such funds shall
be distributed or disseminated in the United States.
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The report submit-
ted pursuant to section 1601(f) of this subdivision shall in-
clude a detailed statement of the manner in which the spe-
cial mission of public diplomacy carried out by USIA prior
to the transfer of functions under this subdivision shall be
preserved within the Department of State, including the
planned duties and responsibilities of any new bureaus that
will perform such public diplomacy functions. Such report
shall also include the best available estimates of—
(1) the amounts to be expended by the Depart-
ment of State for public affairs programs during fis-
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cal year 1998, and on the personnel and support costs
for such programs;
(2) the amounts to be expended by USIA for its
public diplomacy programs during fiscal year 1998,
and on the personnel and support costs for such pro-
grams; and
(3) the amounts, including funds to be trans-
ferred from USIA and funds appropriated to the De-
partment, that will be allocated for the programs de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, dur-
ing the fiscal year in which the transfer of functions
from USIA to the Department occurs.
(e) CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATION DOCUMENT.—The
Department of State’s Congressional Presentation Docu-
ment for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter
shall include—
(1) the aggregated amounts that the Department
will spend on such public diplomacy programs and
on costs of personnel for such programs, and a de-
tailed description of the goals and purposes for which
such funds shall be expended; and
(2) the amount of funds allocated to and the po-
sitions authorized for such public diplomacy pro-
grams, including bureaus to be created upon the
transfer of functions from USIA to the Department.
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SEC. 1334. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES ADVISORY
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.
(a) ABOLITION.—The United States Advisory Commis-
sion on Public Diplomacy is abolished.
(b) REPEALS.—Section 604 of the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1469) and section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2
of 1977 are repealed.
SEC. 1335. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) 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)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United
States Information Agency’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’;
(C) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Agency’s’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘ ‘USIA-TV’)’’ and inserting
‘‘television broadcasts of the United States
International Television Service’’; and
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(ii) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by
striking ‘‘USIA-TV’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘The United States Inter-
national Television Service’’; and
(D) in subsections (d) and (e), by striking
‘‘USIA-TV’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘the United States International Television
Service’’;
(2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United
States 
Information 
Agency’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘Board’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting
‘‘Board’’.
(3) in section 705 (22 U.S.C 1477c)—
(A) by striking subsections (a) and (c); and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(b) In addition, the
United State Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Department of State’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘program grants’’ and
inserting ‘‘grants for overseas public diplo-
macy programs’’;
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(4) in section 801(7) (22 U.S.C. 1471(7))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘overseas public diplomacy’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘other’’ after ‘‘together
with’’; and
(5) in section 812 (22 U.S.C. 1475g)—
(A) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency post’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘overseas public diplomacy post’’;
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’;
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Director
of the United States Information Agency’’ and
inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’; and
(D) in the section heading, by striking
‘‘USIA’’ and inserting ‘‘OVERSEAS PUBLIC DI-
PLOMACY’’.
(b) Section 212 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 1475h) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State’’;
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(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘for carrying
out its overseas public diplomacy functions’’ after
‘‘grants’’;
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a grant’’ the first time it
appears and inserting ‘‘an overseas public diplo-
macy grant’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘such’’
before ‘‘a grant’’ the first place it appears;
(4) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘overseas
public diplomacy’’ before ‘‘grants’’;
(5) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘such’’ be-
fore ‘‘grant’’; and
(6) by striking subsection (d).
(c) Section 602 of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 2452a) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Department of State’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘appropriations account of
the United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘appropriate appropriations account of
the Department of State’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘and the United States In-
formation Agency’’.
(d) Section 305 of Public Law 97–446 (19 U.S.C.
2604) is amended in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, after
consultation with the Director of the United States Infor-
mation Agency,’’.
(e) Section 601 of Public Law 103–227 (20 U.S.C.
5951(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘of the Director of the
United States Information Agency and with’’ and inserting
‘‘and’’.
(f) Section 1003(b) of the Fascell Fellowship Act (22
U.S.C. 4902(b)) is amended—
(1) in the text above paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘9 members’’ and inserting ‘‘7 members’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Six’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Five’’;
(3) by striking paragraph (3); and
(4) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3).
(g) Section 803 of the Intelligence Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1903) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and
(8) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection
(b)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’.
(h) Section 7 of the Federal Triangle Development Act
(40 U.S.C. 1106) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) in the text above subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘15 members’’ and inserting ‘‘14 mem-
bers’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (F); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (G)
through (J) as subparagraphs (F) through (I),
respectively;
(2) in paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection (c),
by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(J)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(I)’’; and
(3) in subsection (d)(3) and subsection (e), by
striking ‘‘the Administrator and the Director of the
United States Information Agency’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘and the Administrator’’.
(i) Section 3 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of
1968 (Public Law 90–637; 20 U.S.C. 80f) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the text preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘19 members’’ and inserting ‘‘17 mem-
bers’’;