§ 1464a. — Broadcasting Board of Governors satellite and television.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1464a]
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. 1464a. Broadcasting Board of Governors satellite and
television
(a) In general
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is authorized to lease or
otherwise acquire time on commercial or United States Government
satellites for the purpose of transmitting materials and programs to
posts and other users abroad.
(b) Broadcast principles
The Congress finds that the long-term interests of the United States
are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by
television. To be effective, the Broadcasting Board of Governors must
win the attention and respect of viewers. These principles will
therefore govern the television broadcasts of the United States
International Television Service:
(1) The United States International Television Service will
serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news.
The United States International Television Service news will be
accurate and objective.
(2) The United States International Television Service will
represent the United States, not any single segment of American
society and will, therefore, present a balanced and comprehensive
projection of significant American thought and institutions.
(3) The United States International Television Service will
present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively
and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these
policies.
(c) Programs
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is authorized to produce,
acquire, or broadcast television programs, via satellite, only if such
programs--
(1) are interactive, consisting of interviews among participants
in different locales;
(2) cover news, public affairs, or other current events;
(3) cover official activities of government, Federal or State,
including congressional proceedings and news briefings of any agency
of the Executive branch; or
(4) are of an artistic or scientific character or are otherwise
representative of American culture.
(d) Costs
When a comparable program produced by United States public or
commercial broadcasters and producers is available at a cost which is
equal to or less than the cost of production by the United States
International Television Service, the Broadcasting Board of Governors
shall use such materials in preference to the United States
International Television Service produced materials.
(e) Allocation of funds
(1) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Broadcasting
Board of Governors not more than $12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990
and not more than $12,480,000 for the fiscal year 1991 may be obligated
or expended for the United States International Television Service.
(2) The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall prepare and submit to
the Congress quarterly reports which contain a detailed explanation of
expenditures for the United States International Television Service
during the fiscal years 1990 and 1991. Such reports shall contain
specific justification and supporting information pertaining to all
programs, particularly those described in subsection (c)(4) of this
section, that were produced in-house by the United States International
Television Service. Each such report shall include a statement by the
Broadcasting Board of Governors that, according to the best information
available to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, no comparable United
States commercially-produced or public television program is available
at a cost which is equal to or less than the cost of production by the
United States International Television Service.
(3) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $1,500,000
for the fiscal year 1991 shall be available only for the purchase or use
of programs produced with grants from the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting or produced by United States public broadcasters.
(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title V, Sec. 505, as added Pub. L. 101-246,
title II, Sec. 205(a), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 50; amended Pub. L. 105-
277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1335(a)(1), Oct. 21, 1998, 112
Stat. 2681-786.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(A), substituted
``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``Director of the United States
Information Agency''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(B), (C)(i), in
introductory provisions, substituted ``Broadcasting Board of Governors''
for ``United States Information Agency'' and ``television broadcasts of
the United States International Television Service'' for ``Agency's
television broadcasts (hereinafter in this section referred to as `USIA-
TV')''.
Subsec. (b)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(C)(ii),
substituted ``The United States International Television Service'' for
``USIA-TV'', wherever appearing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(A), substituted
``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``Director of the United States
Information Agency'' in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(A), (D), substituted
``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``Director of the United States
Information Agency'' and substituted ``the United States International
Television Service'' for ``USIA-TV'' in two places.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(B), (D),
substituted ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``United States
Information Agency'' and ``the United States International Television
Service'' for ``USIA-TV''.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(D), substituted
``the United States International Television Service'' for ``USIA-TV'',
wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(A), (B), in first sentence,
substituted ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``United States
Information Agency'', and in last sentence, substituted ``Broadcasting
Board of Governors'' for ``Director of the United States Information
Agency'' after ``statement by the'' and for ``United States Information
Agency'' after ``available to the''.
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(1)(B), substituted
``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``United States Information
Agency''.
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105-277 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section
1301 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as an Effective Date note under section
6531 of this title.
Television Service of USIA
Pub. L. 100-204, title II, Sec. 207, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1374,
which provided that the television and film service of the United States
Information Agency was to operate under same criteria and conditions as
specified for Voice of America by section 1463 of this title, was
repealed by Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII,
Sec. 1336(7), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-790.
