§ 1461-1. — Mission of United States Information Agency.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1461-1]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 18--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER V--DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES
Sec. 1461-1. Mission of United States Information Agency
The mission of the United States Information Agency shall be to
further the national interest by improving United States relations with
other countries and peoples through the broadest possible sharing of
ideas, information, and educational and cultural activities. In carrying
out this mission, the United States Information Agency shall, among
other activities--
(1) conduct Government-sponsored information, educational, and
cultural activities designed--
(A) to provide other peoples with a better understanding of
the policies, values, institutions, and culture of the United
States; and
(B) within the statutory limits governing domestic
activities of the Agency, to enhance understanding on the part
of the Government and people of the United States of the
history, culture, attitudes, perceptions, and aspirations of
others;
(2) encourage private institutions in the United States to
develop their own exchange activities, and provide assistance for
those exchange activities which are in the broadest national
interest;
(3) coordinate international informational, educational, or
cultural activities conducted or planned by departments and agencies
of the United States Government;
(4) assist in the development of a comprehensive national policy
on international communications; and
(5) promote United States participation in international events
relevant to the mission of the Agency.
(Pub. L. 95-426, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 972; Pub. L.
97-241, title III, Sec. 303(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 1979, and not as part of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 which comprises this chapter.
Transfer of Functions
``United States Information Agency'' substituted in text for
``International Communication Agency'' pursuant to section 303(b) of
Pub. L. 97-241, set out as a note under section 1461 of this title.
United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of this
title.
Increase in Financial Resources of Agency for Exchange-of-Persons
Activities
Section 203 of Pub. L. 95-426, as amended by Pub. L. 97-241, title
III, Sec. 303(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291, provided that: ``The
President shall, by a process of gradual expansion during the four-year
period beginning October 1, 1979, increase significantly the financial
resources expended annually by the United States Information Agency for
exchange-of-persons activities. The President shall prepare at an early
date a general plan for the accomplishment of this goal and shall adjust
that plan annually, as he finds appropriate, in consultation with the
Congress.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6552 of this title.
