on International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives.
SEC. 102. SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 101 shall cease to have effect 4 years after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE 
II—AUTHORIZATION 
OF
APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR 
IN-
CREASED 
FUNDING 
FOR
RADIO FREE ASIA AND VOICE
OF AMERICA
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR IN-
CREASED FUNDING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING TO CHINA.—In addition
to such sums as are otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated for ‘‘International Broadcasting Activities’’ for fis-
cal years 1998 and 1999, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated for ‘‘International Broadcasting Activities’’
$46,900,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $31,200,000 for fis-
cal year 1999, which shall be available only for broadcast-
ing to China.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) RADIO FREE ASIA.—
(A) Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a) $26,900,000 is au-
thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998
and $21,200,000 is authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 1999 for Radio Free
Asia.
(B) Of the funds under subparagraph (A),
$1,200,000 is authorized to be appropriated for
each such fiscal year for additional personnel to
staff Cantonese language broadcasting.
(C) Of the funds under subparagraph (A)
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
1998, $900,000 is authorized to be appro-
priated for additional advanced editing equip-
ment.
(2) 1998.—
(A) Of the funds under subsection (a) au-
thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998,
$11,800,000 is authorized to be appropriated
for capital expenditures for the purchase and
construction of transmission facilities.
(B) Of the funds under subsection (a) au-
thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998,
$3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to
facilitate the timely augmentation of transmit-
ters at Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern
Marianas.
(c) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under subsection (a), the Director of the
United States Information Agency and the Board of
Broadcasting Governors shall seek to ensure that the
amounts made available for broadcasting to nations whose
people do not fully enjoy freedom of expression do not de-
cline in proportion to the amounts made available for
broadcasting to other nations.
SEC. 202. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, in consultation with the Board of Broadcast-
ing Governors, the President shall prepare and transmit
to Congress a report on a plan to achieve continuous
broadcasting of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America to
the People’s Republic of China in multiple major dialects
and languages.
SEC. 203. REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR MIGRATION AND REFUGEE AS-
SISTANCE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amounts as are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ for fiscal year 1998 shall
be reduced by $21,900,000 and for fiscal year 1999 shall
be reduced by $6,200,000.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDI-
TIONAL PERSONNEL AT DIPLOMATIC POSTS
TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
There are authorized to be appropriated to support
personnel to monitor political repression in the People’s
Republic of China in the United States Embassy in
Beijing, as well as the American consulates in Guangzhou,
Shanghai, 
Shenyang, 
Chengdu, 
and 
Hong 
Kong,
$2,200,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,200,000 for fiscal
year 1999.
SEC. 302. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the sense of the Congress that the President
should make freedom of religion one of the major objec-
tives of United States foreign policy with respect to China.
As part of this policy, the Department of State should
raise in every relevant bilateral and multilateral forum the
issue of individuals imprisoned, detained, confined, or oth-
erwise harassed by the Chinese Government on religious
grounds. In its communications with the Chinese Govern-
ment, the Department of State should provide specific
names of individuals of concern and request a complete
and timely response from the Chinese Government regard-
ing the individuals’ whereabouts and condition, the
charges against them, and sentence imposed. The goal of
these official communications should be the expeditious re-
lease of all religious prisoners in China and the end of
the Chinese Government’s policy and practice of harassing
and repressing religious believers.
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