the revenue generated by the sale of advertising, and an
evaluation of the potential for sales of advertising.
PART C—USIA AND RELATED AGENCIES
AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
SEC. 231. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS OF USIA.
Section 401(e) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security
and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851(e)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately before
‘‘Based’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) may not be construed to
prohibit separate authorization of appropriations for
security requirements of other foreign affairs agen-
cies.’’.
SEC. 232. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.
Section 804(6) of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(6))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(6) employ individuals or organizations by con-
tract for services to be performed in the United
States or abroad, who shall not, by virtue of such
employment, be considered to be employees of the
United States Government for the purposes of any
law administered by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, except that the Director may determine the
applicability to such individuals of paragraph (5) of
this section.’’.
SEC. 233. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Section 704 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477(b))
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘(1) the’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, there may
be established a Buying Power Maintenance account.
‘‘(3) In order to eliminate substantial gains to
the approved levels of overseas operations for the
United States Information Agency, the Director
shall transfer to the Buying Power Maintenance ac-
count such amounts in the Salaries and Expenses
appropriations as the Director determines are exces-
sive to the needs of the approved level of operations
under that appropriation account because of fluctua-
tions in foreign currency exchange rates or changes
in overseas wages and prices.
‘‘(4) In order to offset adverse fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates or foreign wages
and prices, the Director may transfer from the Buy-
ing Power Maintenance account to the Salaries and
Expenses appropriation such amounts as the Direc-
tor determines are necessary to maintain the ap-
proved level of operations under that appropriation
account.
‘‘(5) Funds transferred by the Director from
the Buying Power Maintenance account to another
account shall be merged with and be available for
the same purpose, and for the same time period, as
the funds in that other account. Funds transferred
by the Director from another account to the Buying
Power Maintenance account shall be merged with
the funds in the Buying Power Maintenance account
and shall be available for the purposes of that ac-
count until expended.
‘‘(6) Any restriction contained in an appropria-
tion Act or other provision of law limiting the
amounts available for the United States Information
Agency that may be obligated or expended shall be
deemed to be adjusted to the extent necessary to off-
set the net effect of fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates or overseas wage and price changes
in order to maintain approved levels.
‘‘(7)(A) Subject to the limitations contained in
this paragraph, not later than the end of the 5th fis-
cal year after the fiscal year for which funds are ap-
propriated or otherwise made available for the Sala-
ries and Expenses account, the Director may trans-
fer any unobligated balance of such funds to the
Buying Power Maintenance account.
‘‘(B) The balance of the Buying Power Mainte-
nance account may not exceed $50,000,000 as a re-
sult of any transfer under this paragraph.
‘‘(C) Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 705 and shall be available for obligation or
expenditure only in accordance with the procedures
under such section.
‘‘(D) The authorities contained in this section
may only be exercised to such an extent and in such
amounts as specifically provided in advance in ap-
propriation Acts.’’.
SEC. 234. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
Section 802(b) of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1472(b))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(4) Notwithstanding the other provisions of
this subsection, the United States Information Agen-
cy is authorized to enter into contracts for periods
not to exceed 7 years for circuit capacity to distrib-
ute radio and television programs.’’.
SEC. 235. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITIES.
Subsection (f) of section 701 of the United States In-
formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1476(f)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
SEC. 236. FUNDS PROVIDED BY OTHER SOURCES.
The United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amend-
ed—
(1) by repealing title IX; and
(2) by adding after section 812 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 813. FUNDS PROVIDED BY OTHER SOURCES.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—If the Director of the United
States Information Agency determines that it is in the
public interest, the Director may accept any funds, prop-
erty, or services made available by any government or pri-
vate entity in the United States or a foreign country, or
by an international organization of which the United
States is a member, to be used for the purposes of any
program under this Act.
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—Funds received under sub-
section (a) are authorized to be deposited in a separate
account in the Treasury of the United States and are au-
thorized to remain available until expended for the speci-
fied purpose or to carry out any of the purposes of this
Act.’’.
SEC. 237. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 105 of Public Law 87–256 is amended by
striking out subsection (a).
SEC. 238. SEPARATE LEDGER ACCOUNTS FOR NED GRANT-
EES.
Section 504(h) of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413(h)) is amended by striking
‘‘accounts’’ and inserting ‘‘bank accounts or separate self-
balancing ledger accounts’’.
SEC. 239. AMERICAN STUDIES COLLECTIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—In order to promote a thorough
understanding of the United States among emerging elites
abroad, the Director of the United States Information
Agency is authorized to establish and support collections
at appropriate university libraries abroad to further the
study of the United States, and to enter into agreements
with such universities for such purposes.
(b) DESIGN
AND
DEVELOPMENT.—Such collec-
tions—