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f. United States Information Agency Authorization, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987

Partial text of Public Law 99-93 [H.R. 2068], 99 Stat. 405, approved August 16, 1985, amended by Public Law 103-149 [South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993, H.R. 3225], 107 Stat. 1503, approved November 23, 1993; Public Law 103-236 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995; H.R. 2333], 108 Stat. 382, approved April 30, 1994

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

NOTE.-Sections of this Act amend State Department, USIA, and other foreign affairs legislation and are incorporated in the appropriate acts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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TITLE II-UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Information Agency $887,900,000 for the fiscal year 19861 and $887,900,000 for the fiscal year 19872 to carry out international information, educational, cultural, and exchange programs under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and other purposes authorized by law. Amounts appropriated

1The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 (Title V of Public Law 99-180; 99 Stat. 1167), included for fiscal year 1986 the following appropriations: salaries and expenses-$571,000,000; educational and cultural exchange programs-$128,106,000 (and $9,894,000 for private sector exchange programs); acquisition and construction of radio facilities-$114,000,000; radio broadcasting to Cuba-$10,700,000; Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West-$20,750,000; National Endowment for Democracy$18,000,000.

2Title V of sec. 101(1) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 1987 (Public Law 99-591; 100 Stat. 3341), included for fiscal year 1987 the following appropriations: salaries and expenses$570,000,000; educational and cultural exchange programs-$135,270,000 (and $9,730,000 for private sector exchange programs); acquisition and construction of radio facilities-$46,000,000, radio broadcasting to Cuba-$11,250,000; Center for Cultural Interchange between East and West-$20,000,000; National Endowment for Democracy-$15,000,000.

under this section are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 202. MODERNIZATION OF VOICE OF AMERICA.

Of the authorizations of appropriations contained in section 201, authorizations of $136,594,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $136,594,000 for the fiscal year 1987, which shall be available for essential modernization of the facilities and operations of the Voice of America, shall remain available until the appropriations are made and when those amounts are appropriated they are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 203. RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, not less than $11,500,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and not less than $11,700,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be available for the implementation of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act.

SEC. 204. FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) not less than $128,899,500 for the fiscal year 1986 and not less than $141,996,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for grants for the Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs and the International Visitor Program;

(2) not less than $4,891,500 for the fiscal year 1986 and not less than $5,479,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for grants for the Humphrey Fellowship Program; and

(3) $45,400,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $45,100,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be allocated to fund grants and exchanges to Latin America and the Caribbean, and the amounts utilized for programs in Central America shall be obligated in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America.

SEC. 205. FUNDS FOR WORLDWIDE BOOK PROGRAM INITIATIVE. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, not less than $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 shall be available only for the worldwide book program initiative.

SEC. 206. FUNDS FOR EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 by section 201, not less than $1,500,000 for each such fiscal year shall be available only to the Indiana Sports Corporation for exchanges of persons and other exchange-related activities associated with the 1987 Pan American Games to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SEC. 207. FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL GAMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1986 by section 201, $3,000,000 shall be available only to reimburse expenses for exchange of athletes, coaches, and officials participating in international games for the handicapped which are conducted in the United States.

SEC. 208.3 BAN ON DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES BY THE USIA.

Except as provided in section 501 of the United States Information and Education Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and this section, no funds authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency shall be used to influence public opinion in the United States, and no program material prepared by the United States Information Agency shall be distributed within the United States. This section shall not apply to programs carried out pursuant to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the United States Information Agency from responding to inquiries from members of the public about its operations, policies, or programs.4

SEC. 209. PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING FOR USIA'S PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAM.

(a) LIMITATION ON GRANTS.-No grant shall be made to any organization through the Private Sector Program of the United States Information Agency unless

(1) costs equal to at least 15 percent of grants from the United States Information Agency in fiscal year 1986, and

(2) costs equal to at least 25 percent of grants from the United States Information Agency in fiscal year 1987, for that organization's exchange and exchange-related programs are provided for from non-United States Government sources.

(b) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS. Subsection (a) shall not apply to grantee organizations which have been in existence for less than one year.

(c) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR ACTIVITIES.-No funds from fiscal year 1986 appropriations for the United States Information Agency or for any other United States Government agency shall be available for grants related to 1985 International Youth Year activities.

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322 U.S.C. 1461-la. See sec. 501 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, for exceptions to this prohibition.

Sec. 232 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 108 Stat. 424), added the last sentence in this section.

Sec. 210 amended the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.). •Sec. 4(b)(2) of the South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-149; 107 Stat. 1505) repealed sec. 211, relating to promoting democracy and an end to the apartheid policies in South Africa.

g. United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985

Partial text of Public Law 98-164 [H.R. 2915], 97 Stat. 1017, approved November 22, 1983; amended by Public Law 103-236 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995; H.R. 2333], 108 Stat. 382, approved April 30, 1994

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes.

NOTE.-Sections of this Act amend State Department, USIA, and other foreign affairs legislation and are incorporated in the appropriate acts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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TITLE II-UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985".

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 202. In addition to the amounts otherwise authorized for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Information Agency $642,348,000 for the fiscal year 19841 and $806,239,000 for the fiscal year 19852 to carry out inter

1 The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984 (title III of Public Law 98-166; 97 Stat. 1097) included $624,565,000 for fiscal year 1984, itemized as follows: salaries and expenses-$471,853,000; educational and cultural exchange programs-$92,900,000; salaries and expenses (special foreign currency program)-$9,800,000; Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West-$18,362,000; and acquisition and construction of radio facilities-$31,000,000.

The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1985 (title III of Public Law 98-411; 98 Stat. 1564) included $768,856,000 for fiscal year 1985, itemized as follows: salaries and expenses-$545,856,000; salaries and expenses (special foreign currency program)— $8,000,000; educational and cultural exchange programs-$130,000,000; acquisition and construction of radio facilities-$85,000,000. The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (title I of Public Law 99-88; 99 Stat. 293), for fiscal year 1985, provided as follows:

"EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

"Of the funds made available under this head in Public Law 98-411, $3,800,000 for the pilot Central American Undergraduate Scholarship program shall remain available until September Continued

national information, educational, cultural, and exchange programs under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977, and other purposes authorized by law.

IMPROVEMENT OF VOA FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS

SEC. 203. Of the authorizations of appropriations contained in section 202

(1) authorizations of $47,959,000 for the fiscal year 1984, which shall be available for the acquisition and construction of radio facilities,1 and

(2) authorizations of $164,800,000 for the fiscal year 1985, which shall be available for essential modernization of the facilities and operations of the Voice of America,2

shall remain available until the appropriations are made and when those amounts are appropriated they are authorized to remain available until expended.

INTERNAL AUDITORS

SEC. 204. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 202, not less than $600,000 for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 shall be available only for the employment of twelve professional internal auditors for the United States Information Agency in excess of any internal auditors employed by the Agency during fiscal year 1983.

FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

SEC. 205.3 Of the amounts appropriated for the United States Information Agency for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985, not less than $31,300,000 shall be available only for a grant, in accord

30, 1986; and for an additional amount under this head, $9,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1986.

"For an additional amount under this head to promote the development of an independent media service by the Afghan people and to provide for the training of Afghans in media and media-related fields, $500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1986: Provided, That the Director, with the Secretary of State, shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the obligation of these funds 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act.

"For the Private Sector Exchange Programs, an additional $500,000 is provided, to remain available until expended, for the model Chinese-American Development Student Exchange Program at Tufts University as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.).

"ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO FACILITIES

"For an additional amount for 'Acquisition and Construction of Radio Facilities', $6,648,000, to remain available until expended.

"UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

"SALARIES AND EXPENSES
"(RESCISSION)

"Of available funds under this head, $2,879,000 are rescinded."

'The Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 1984 (title III of Public Law 98-166; 97 Stat. 1098), included $18,000,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy during fiscal year 1984. The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1985 (title III of Public Law 98-411; 98 Stat. 1569), included $18,500,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy during fiscal year 1985.

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