information and guidance concerning foreign policy and 
public diplomacy issues as the Secretary considers appro-
priate.’’. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
Section 307 of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6206) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 307. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES.—The Board of 
Governors may appoint and fix the compensation of such 
officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out 
the functions of the Agency. Except as otherwise provided 
by law, such officers and employees shall be appointed in 
accordance with the civil service laws and their compensa-
tion shall be fixed in accordance with title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board of 
Governors, as may be provided in appropriations Acts, 
may obtain the services of experts and consultants in ac-
cordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
and may compensate such experts and consultants at rates 
not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Board of 
Governors may accept, subject to regulations issued 
by the Office of Personnel Management, voluntary 
services if such services— 
‘‘(A) are to be uncompensated; and 
‘‘(B) are not used to displace any employee 
of the Agency. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Any individual who pro-
vides voluntary services under this section shall not 
be considered a Federal employee for any purpose 
other than for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to compensation for in-
jury), and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28, 
United States Code (relating to tort claims). 
‘‘(d) DELEGATION.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, the Board of Governors may delegate any func-
tion to the Director and such other officers and employees 
of the Agency as the Board of Governors may designate, 
and may authorize such successive redelegations of such 
functions within the Agency as may be necessary or appro-
priate. 
‘‘(e) CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
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and other applicable Federal law, the Board of Gov-
ernors may make, enter into, and perform such con-
tracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, and 
other similar transactions with Federal or other pub-
lic agencies (including State and local governments) 
and private organizations and persons, and to make 
such payments, by way of advance or reimburse-
ment, as the Board of Governors may determine 
necessary or appropriate to carry out functions of 
the Board of Governors or the Agency. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY REQUIRED.— 
No authority to enter into contracts or to make pay-
ments under this title shall be effective except to 
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in 
advance under appropriations Acts. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Director may prescribe 
such rules and regulations as the Board of Governors con-
siders necessary or appropriate to administer and manage 
the functions of the Agency, in accordance with chapter 
5 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(g) SEAL.—The Director shall cause a seal of office 
to be made for the Agency of such design as the Board 
of Governors shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken 
of such seal.’’. 
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SEC. 7. BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU. 
The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau are abolished. 
SEC. 8. DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED 
STATES ABROAD. 
Section 501 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461(a)), 
is amended— 
(a) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(a) The Sec-
retary is authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary 
is authorized’’; 
(b) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Subject to 
subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsections 
(a)(2) and (b)’’; and 
(c) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the restriction on domestic dis-
semination described in paragraph (1), the Secretary is 
authorized to provide for the preparation and posting on 
the Internet of program material without regard to wheth-
er such material can be accessed domestically.’’. 
SEC. 9. BROADCASTING STANDARDS. 
Section 303(a) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding after paragraph (8) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(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, 
commensurate with the need for such broadcasts.’’. 
SEC. 10. TRANSITION. 
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act or an amendment made by this Act, 
all functions that on the day before the effective date spec-
ified in section 14 are authorized to be performed by the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International 
Broadcasting Bureau and any officer, employee, or compo-
nent of such entities, under any statute, reorganization 
plan, Executive order, or other provision of law, are trans-
ferred to the Agency established under this Act effective 
on that date. 
(b) DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS.—If 
necessary, the Director of the Office of Management and 
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Budget shall make any determination of the functions that 
are transferred under this Act. 
(c) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EXERCISE
OF
AUTHORITIES.—Except as 
otherwise provided by law, the Board of Governors 
may, for purposes of performing a function that is 
transferred to the Agency by this title, exercise all 
authorities under any other provision of law that 
were available with respect to the performance of 
that function to the official responsible for the per-
formance of that function on the day before the ef-
fective date specified in section 14. 
(2) AUTHORITIES TO WIND UP AFFAIRS.—The 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may take such actions as the Director considers nec-
essary to wind up any outstanding affairs of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau associated with the 
functions that are transferred pursuant to sub-
section (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 
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transferred on the effective date specified in section 
14. 
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) 
UNITED
STATES
INTERNATIONAL
BROAD-
CASTING ACT OF 1994.—The United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended— 
(1) in section 308 (22 U.S.C. 6207)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Agency’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Board Governors of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; 
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) LOCATION
OF PRINCIPAL PLACE
OF BUSI-
NESS.—The Agency may not make any grant to RFE/RL, 
Incorporated unless the headquarters of RFE/RL, Incor-
porated and its senior administrative and managerial staff 
are in a location which ensures economy, operational effec-
tiveness, and accountability to the Agency.’’; 
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(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 
‘‘International Broadcasting Bureau’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(E) in subsections (i) and (j)(3), by strik-
ing ‘‘and the Foreign Service’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(2) in section 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208)— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
‘‘Board’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (e); 
(C) in subsections (f), by striking ‘‘Board’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(D) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Chairman of the Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(3) by striking section 311 (22 U.S.C. 6210); 
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(4) in section 313(a) (22 U.S.C. 6212(a)), in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(5) by striking section 315 (22 U.S.C. 6214). 
(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 Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(c) RADIO BROADCASTING
TO CUBA ACT.—The 
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 1465a)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘UNITED
STATES
INTER-
NATIONAL BROADCASTING AGENCY’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the 
‘Board’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘the ‘Agency’ ’’; and 
(C) in subsections (a), (d), and (f) by 
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ 
and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Broadcasting Agency’’; 
(2) in section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b)— 
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(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Bureau’’ and in-
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’’; and 
(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(b) (22 U.S.C. 1465c(b)) in sub-
section (b), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Advisory 
Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘Board of Gov-
ernors of the United States International Broad-
casting Agency’’; 
(4) in section 6 (22 U.S.C. 1465d)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘United 
States 
International 
Broadcasting 
Agency’’ and by striking ‘‘the Board’’ and in-
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(2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Broad’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Agency’’. 
(f) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—The Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 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 Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; 
(2) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), in the sec-
ond sentence, by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national 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 Broad-
casting Agency,’’. 
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(g) STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT 
OF 1956.—The State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 is amended— 
(1) in section 23(a) (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)), in the 
first sentence, by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors,’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national 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 Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’; 
(3) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors,’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’; 
and 
(4) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), in the sec-
ond sentence, by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’. 
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(h) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 5 of the 
United States Code is amended— 
(1) in section 5314, by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Director, United States International 
Broadcasting Agency.’’; and 
(2) in section 5315, by striking ‘‘Director of the 
International Broadcasting Bureau.’’. 
SEC. 12. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act or an 
amendment made by this Act, any reference in any stat-
ute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, 
agreement, determination, or other official document or 
proceeding to the Broadcasting Board of Governors and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau or any other offi-
cer 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 
Act. 
SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the last 
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day of the six-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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