(2) draw attention to the conditions in coun-
tries in which journalists are killed, imprisoned, kid-
napped, threatened, or censored; 
(3) offer protection for these individuals and 
media organizations by identifying to the inter-
national community those countries where journal-
ists are at the highest risk; and 
(4) emphasize the significance of including free-
dom of the press as enshrined in article 19 of the 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a factor 
in United States foreign policy. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PROMOTION OF FREE-
DOM OF THE PRESS WORLDWIDE. 
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall annually 
submit to Congress a report regarding the promotion of 
freedom of the press worldwide. The report shall be enti-
tled the ‘‘Annual Report on the Status of Freedom of the 
Press Worldwide’’. 
(b) PREPARATION.—The Secretary shall prepare the 
Annual Report with the assistance of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights and Labor. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The Annual Report shall contain 
the following information: 
(1) A description of the status of freedom of 
the press in each country, including initiatives in 
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favor of freedom of the press and efforts to improve 
or preserve, as appropriate, the independence of the 
media, together with an assessment of progress 
made as a result of those efforts. 
(2) An identification of countries in which there 
were violations of freedom of the press, including di-
rect physical attacks, imprisonment, indirect sources 
of pressure, and censorship by governments, mili-
tary, intelligence, or police forces, criminal groups, 
or armed extremist or rebel groups. 
(3) In countries where there are particularly se-
vere violations of freedom of the press, the annual 
report shall address the following: 
(A) Whether government authorities of 
each such country participate in, facilitate, or 
condone such violations of the freedom of the 
press. 
(B) What steps the government of each 
such country has taken to preserve the safety 
and independence of the media, and to ensure 
the prosecution of those individuals who attack 
or murder journalists. 
(d) ORGANIZATION.—The Annual Report shall be or-
ganized in three parts, as follows: 
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(1) Part I shall consist of the identification of 
countries (and the associated assessment of their ef-
forts) under subsection (c)(1). 
(2) Part II shall consist of the identification of 
countries (and the associated assessment of their ef-
forts) under subsection (c)(2). 
(3) Part III shall consist of the identification of 
countries (and the associated assessment of their ef-
forts) under subsection (c)(3). 
(e) TIME
FOR SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall 
submit the Annual Report on May 3 of each year, declared 
by the United Nations General Assembly as World Press 
Freedom Day, or the first day thereafter on which either 
House of Congress is in session. 
(f) UNCLASSIFIED FORM.—The Annual Report shall 
be submitted in unclassified form. 
SEC. 4. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall ad-
minister a grant program with the aim of promoting free-
dom of the press worldwide. The grant program shall be 
administered by the Department of State’s Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights and Labor as part of the Human 
Rights Democracy Fund (HRDF). 
(b) AMOUNTS AND TIME.—Grants may be awarded 
to nonprofit and international organizations in amounts 
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ranging from $70,000 to $150,000 annually. Grants may 
span multiple years, up to five years. 
(c) PURPOSE.—Grant proposals should promote and 
broaden press freedoms by strengthening the independ-
ence of journalists and media organizations, promoting a 
legal framework for freedom of the press, or through pro-
viding regionally and culturally relevant training and 
professionalization of skills to meet international stand-
ards in both traditional and digital media. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of State $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
to 2014 to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The term ‘‘Annual Re-
port’’ means the Annual Report on the Status of 
Freedom of the Press Worldwide required under 
subsection (a). 
(2) MEDIA ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘media 
organization’’ means a group or organization that 
gathers and disseminates news and information to 
the public (through any medium of mass commu-
nication) in a foreign country in which the group or 
organization is located, except that the term does 
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not include a group or organization that is primarily 
an agency or instrumentality of the government of 
such foreign country. The term includes an indi-
vidual who is an agent or employee of such group or 
organization who acts within the scope of such agen-
cy or employment. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
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