§ 1465a. — Additional functions of Broadcasting Board of Governors.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1465a]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 18--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER V-A--RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA
Sec. 1465a. Additional functions of Broadcasting Board of
Governors
(a) Radio broadcasting to Cuba
In order to carry out the objectives set forth in section 1465 of
this title, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (hereafter in this
subchapter referred to as the ``Board'') shall provide for the open
communication of information and ideas through the use of radio
broadcasting to Cuba. Radio broadcasting to Cuba shall serve as a
consistently reliable and authoritative source of accurate, objective,
and comprehensive news.
(b) Broadcasting as part of Voice of America
Radio broadcasting in accordance with subsection (a) of this section
shall be part of the Voice of America radio broadcasting to Cuba and
shall be in accordance with all Voice of America standards to ensure the
broadcast of programs which are objective, accurate, balanced, and which
present a variety of views.
(c) Location of broadcast facilities; frequency; leased time from
nongovernmental shortwave stations
Radio broadcasting to Cuba authorized by this subchapter shall
utilize the broadcasting facilities located at Marathon, Florida, and
the 1180 AM frequency that were used by the Voice of America prior to
October 4, 1983. Other frequencies, not on the commercial Amplitude
Modulation (AM) Band (535 kHz to 1605 kHz), may also be simultaneously
utilized: Provided, That no frequency shall be used for radio broadcasts
to Cuba in accordance with this subchapter which is not also used for
all other Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba. Time leased from
nongovernmental shortwave radio stations may be used to carry all or
part of the Service programs and to rebroadcast Service programs:
Provided, That not less than 30 per centum of the programs broadcast or
rebroadcast shall be regular Voice of America broadcasts with particular
emphasis on news and programs meeting the requirements of section
1463(2) \1\ of this title.
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(d) Changes in frequencies to other AM bands; jamming and interference
Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, in the event that
broadcasts to Cuba on the 1180 AM frequency are subject to jamming or
interference greater by 25 per centum or more than the average daily
jamming or interference in the twelve months preceding September 1,
1983, the Broadcasting Board of Governors may lease time on commercial
or noncommercial educational AM band radio broadcasting stations. The
Federal Communications Commission shall determine levels of jamming and
interference by conducting regular monitoring of the 1180 AM frequency.
In the event that more than two hours a day of time is leased, not less
than 30 per centum of the programing broadcast shall be regular Voice of
America broadcasts with particular emphasis on news and programs meeting
the requirements of section 1463(2) \1\ of this title.
(e) Voice of America: Cuba Service; Voice of America: Radio Marti
program
Any program of United States Government radio broadcasts to Cuba
authorized by this section shall be designated ``Voice of America: Cuba
Service'' or ``Voice of America: Radio Marti program''.
(f) Use of other facilities
In the event broadcasting facilities located at Marathon, Florida,
are rendered inoperable by natural disaster or by unlawful destruction,
the Broadcasting Board of Governors may, for the period in which the
facilities are inoperable but not to exceed one hundred and fifty days,
use other United States Government-owned transmission facilities for
Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 98-111, Sec. 3, Oct. 4, 1983, 97 Stat. 749; Pub. L. 105-277,
div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1324(1)-(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112
Stat. 2681-780, 2681-781.)
Repeal of Section
Section repealed upon transmittal of determination by President
under section 6063(c)(3) of this title that democratically elected
government in Cuba is in power, see section 6037(c) of this title.
References in Text
Section 1463 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), was
repealed by Pub. L. 103-236, title III, Sec. 315(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 445.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act
which comprises this subchapter, and not as part of the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 which comprises this
chapter.
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1324(1), (2), substituted
``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``United States Information
Agency'' and ``Board'' for ``Agency''.
Subsecs. (d), (f). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1324(3), substituted ``the
Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``the Director of the 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1465b, 1465d, 1465f of this
title.
