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graph. All such books, accounts, records, reports, 
files, papers, and property of the Freedom News 
Network shall remain in the possession and custody 
of the Freedom News Network. 
(c) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, 1 percent of the funds made avail-
able by the United States International Communications 
Agency shall be transferred to the Inspector General of 
the Department of State to cover the expenses of carrying 
out the activities of the Inspector General under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 225. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES INFORMA-
TION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 
1948. 
The United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 is amended— 
(1) in title V (22 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.), by strik-
ing ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Communications 
Agency’’ each place it appears; 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) of section 
501(b) (22 U.S.C. 1461(b)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary and the United States International Com-
munications Agency may, upon request and reim-
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bursement of the reasonable costs incurred in ful-
filling such a request, make available, in the United 
States, motion pictures, films, video, audio, and 
other materials disseminated abroad pursuant to 
this Act. Any reimbursement pursuant to this para-
graph shall be credited to the applicable appropria-
tion account of the Department of State or the 
United States International Communications Agen-
cy, as appropriate. The Secretary and the United 
States International Communications Agency shall 
issue necessary regulations.’’; 
(3) by repealing sections 504 and 505 (22 
U.S.C. 1464 and 1464a); 
(4) by redesignating section 506 (22 U.S.C. 
1464b) as section 504; 
(5) in section 504, as so redesignated, in sub-
section (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(6) in clause (iii) of section 604(d)(1)(A) (22 
U.S.C. 1469(d)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States 
International Communications Agency’’; 
(7) in paragraph (3) of section 801 (22 U.S.C. 
1471), by striking ‘‘Director of the United States 
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Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States International Commu-
nications Agency’’; 
(8) in subsection (b) of section 802 (22 U.S.C. 
1472)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the United States Information Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States International Communica-
tions Agency’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Communica-
tions Agency’’; 
(9) in paragraph (1) of section 804 (22 U.S.C. 
1474), by striking ‘‘Director of the United States 
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States International Commu-
nications Agency’’; 
(10) in section 810(b) (22 U.S.C. 1475e(b))— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘United States Information Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Communications Agency’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States International Communications 
Agency’’; and 
(11) in subsection (a) of section 1011 (22 
U.S.C. 1442), by striking ‘‘Director of the United 
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief 
Executive Officer of the United States International 
Communications Agency’’. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. PRESERVATION OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL 
SECURITY OBJECTIVES. 
The Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
International Communications Agency and the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer of the Freedom News Network shall each 
establish procedures to vet and monitor employees of each 
such agency for affiliations to terrorist organizations, for-
eign governments, or agents of foreign governments to 
protect against espionage, sabotage, foreign propaganda 
messaging, and other subversive activities that undermine 
United States national security objectives. 
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SEC. 302. REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE 
OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the fiscal year 2015 and for each subsequent fiscal 
year, any funds appropriated for the purposes of broad-
casting subject to supervision of the Board of the United 
States International Communications Agency shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure— 
(1) unless such funds are appropriated pursu-
ant to an authorization of appropriations; or 
(2) in excess of the authorized level of appro-
priations. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT AUTHORIZATION.—The limitation 
under subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the 
extent that an authorization of appropriations is enacted 
after such funds are appropriated. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this section— 
(1) may not be superseded, except by a provi-
sion of law which specifically repeals, modifies, or 
supersedes the provisions of this section; and 
(2) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, 
permanent appropriations, trust funds, and other 
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