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§6213. Definitions — Inbound Citations

22 U.S.C. § 6213

Cited by 91 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to §6213(1)

  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(22)(B)
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    (B) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of anomalous reports, including status updates on anomalous services during the 3-year period commencing on the date of receipt of the first report of biased, unprofessional, or otherwise problematic content.”;3 and
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(22)(C)
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    (C) launch a review, using external, native-language and regional experts, the results of which are to be reported to the appropriate congressional committees, if a widespread pattern of violations of the principles, standards, or journalistic code of ethics of a language service or grantee network has been identified.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(e)
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    (e) Not later than 3 years after the date on which initial funding is provided for the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia, the Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on—
    (1) whether Radio Free Asia is technically sound and cost-effective,
    (2) whether Radio Free Asia consistently meets the standards for quality and objectivity established by this chapter,
    (3) whether Radio Free Asia is received by a sufficient audience to warrant its continuation,
    (4) the extent to which such broadcasting is already being received by the target audience from other credible sources; and
    (5) the extent to which the interests of the United States are being served by maintaining broadcasting of Radio Free Asia.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(f)(1)
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    (1) The Agency shall notify the appropriate congressional committees before—
    (A) entering into any agreements for the utilization of Voice of America transmitters, equipment, or other resources that will significantly reduce the broadcasting activities of the Voice of America in Asia or any other region in order to accommodate the broadcasting activities of Radio Free Asia; or
    (B) entering into any agreements in regard to the utilization of Radio Free Asia transmitters, equipment, or other resources that will significantly reduce the broadcasting activities of Radio Free Asia.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(g)(2)
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    (2) Not later than two years after January 1, 2021, the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the following:
    (A) Whether the Open Technology Fund is technically sound and cost effective.
    (B) Whether the Open Technology Fund is satisfying the requirements of this section.
    (C) The extent to which the interests of the United States are being served by maintaining the work of the Open Technology Fund.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6216(a)(1)
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    (1) Whenever the President determines it to be important to the national interests of the United States and so certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, the President, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, is authorized to direct any department, agency, or other entity of the United States to furnish the United States Agency for Global Media with such assistance outside the United States as may be necessary to provide international broadcasting activities of the United States with a surge capacity to support United States foreign policy objectives during a crisis abroad.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6217(d)(1)
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    (1) For any new tools or techniques authorized under subsection (c)(2), the Chief Executive Officer of the USAGM, in consultation with the President of the Open Technology Fund (referred to in this subsection as the “OTF”) and relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit an annual certification to the appropriate congressional committees that verifies they—
    (A) have evaluated the risks and benefits of such new tools or techniques; and
    (B) have established safeguards to minimize the use of such new tools or techniques for illicit purposes.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6217(e)
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    (e) Not later than 120 days after December 23, 2022, the Chief Executive Office of the USAGM shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes—
    (1) as of the date of the report—
    (A) the full scope of internet freedom programs within the USAGM, including—
    (i) the efforts of the Office of Internet Freedom; and
    (ii) the efforts of the Open Technology Fund;
    (B) the capacity of internet censorship circumvention tools supported by the Office of Internet Freedom and grantees of the Open Technology Fund that are available for use by individuals in foreign countries seeking to counteract censors; and
    (C) any barriers to the provision of the efforts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), including access to surge funding; and
    (2) successful examples from the Office of Internet Freedom and Open Technology Fund involving—
    (A) responding rapidly to internet shutdowns in closed societies; and
    (B) ensuring uninterrupted circumvention services for USAGM entities to promote internet freedom within repressive regimes.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6217(f)
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    (f) Not later than 60 days after December 23, 2022, the Secretary and the Administrator of USAID shall jointly submit a report, which may include a classified annex, to the appropriate congressional committees that describes—
    (1) as of the date of the report—
    (A) the full scope of internet freedom programs within the Department and USAID, including—
    (i) Department circumvention efforts; and
    (ii) USAID efforts to support internet infrastructure;
    (B) the capacity of internet censorship circumvention tools supported by the Federal Government that are available for use by individuals in foreign countries seeking to counteract censors; and
    (C) any barriers to provision of the efforts enumerated in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (e)(1)(A), including access to surge funding; and
    (2) any new resources needed to provide the Federal Government with greater capacity to provide and boost internet access—
    (A) to respond rapidly to internet shutdowns in closed societies; and
    (B) to provide internet connectivity to foreign locations where the provision of additional internet access service would promote freedom from repressive regimes.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6217(h)(2)
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    (2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be expended until the Secretary has certified to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that the use of such funds is in the national interest of the United States.

Citations to §6213(2)

  • 22 U.S.C. § 6202(b)(10)
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    (10) training and technical support for independent indigenous media through government agencies or private United States entities.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6203(a)
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    (a) The United States Agency for Global Media shall continue to exist within the Executive branch of Government as an entity described in section 104 of title 5.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6203(b)(1)
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    (1) The head of the United States Agency for Global Media shall be a Chief Executive Officer, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until such time as a Chief Executive Officer is appointed and has qualified, the current or acting Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Board may continue to serve and exercise the authorities and powers under this chapter.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6203(c)
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    (c) Effective on December 23, 2016, the position of the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall be terminated, and all of the responsibilities, offices, authorities, and immunities of the Director or the Agency under this chapter or any other Act or authority before such date shall be transferred or available to, assumed by, or overseen by the Chief Executive Officer, as head of the Agency.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(5)
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    (5) To make and supervise grants and cooperative agreements for broadcasting and related activities in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and on behalf of other agencies, accordingly.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(6)
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    (6) To allocate funds appropriated for international broadcasting activities among the various elements of the Agency and grantees, subject to reprogramming notification requirements in law for the reallocation of funds.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(13)
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    (13) To make available in the annual report required by paragraph (9) information on funds expended on administrative and managerial services by the Agency and by grantees and the steps the Chief Executive Officer has taken to reduce unnecessary overhead costs for each of the broadcasting services.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(16)
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    (16) To procure, pursuant to section 1535 of title 31 (commonly known as the “Economy Act”), such goods and services from other departments or agencies for the Chief Executive Officer and the International Broadcasting Bureau as the Chief Executive Officer determines are appropriate.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(17)
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    (17) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, and X of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 [22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.], and section 6 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as in effect on the day before the effective date of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998, to the extent the Chief Executive Officer considers necessary in carrying out the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(18)
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    (18) To utilize the authorities of any other statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or proceeding that had been available to the Director of the United States Information Agency, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Executive Officer2 before the effective date of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act of 1998 for carrying out the broadcasting activities covered by this chapter.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(a)(21)
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    (21) To change the name of the Agency pursuant to congressional notification 60 days prior to any such change.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(b)
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    (b) The Secretary of State and the Chief Executive Officer, in carrying out their functions, shall respect the professional independence and integrity of the Agency, its broadcasting services, and the grantees of the Agency.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(c)(1)
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    (1) The Chief Executive Officer may not award any grant under subsection (a) to RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, the Open Technology Fund, or any other grantee authorized under this chapter (collectively referred to as “Agency Grantee Networks”) unless the incorporation documents of any such grantee require that the corporate leadership and Board of Directors of such grantee be selected in accordance with this chapter.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(c)(2)(B)
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    (B) A full-time employee of a Federal agency may not serve on a corporate board of any grantee under subsection (a).
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6204(c)(3)
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    (3) Individuals appointed under subsection (a) to the Board of Directors of any of the Agency Grantee Networks shall have requisite expertise in journalism, technology, broadcasting, or diplomacy, or appropriate language or cultural understanding relevant to the grantee’s mission.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(a)
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    (a) The International Broadcasting Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the “Advisory Board”) shall advise the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, as appropriate. The Advisory Board as established shall exist within the executive branch as an entity described in section 104 of title 5.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(b)(4)(A)(i)
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    (i) two members who are not affiliated with the same political party, shall be appointed for terms ending on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act;
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(b)(4)(A)(ii)
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    (ii) two members who are not affiliated with the same political party, shall be appointed for terms ending on the date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act; and
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(b)(4)(A)(iii)
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    (iii) two members who are not affiliated with the same political party, shall be appointed for terms ending on the date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(d)(1)
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    (1) provide the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media with advice and recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Agency and its programming;
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(d)(3)
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    (3) report periodically, or upon request, to the congressional committees specified in subsection (c)(2) regarding its advice and recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the United States Agency for Global Media and its programming;
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(d)(6)(A)
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    (A) the Chief Executive Officer fully respects the professional integrity and editorial independence of United States Agency for Global Media broadcasters, networks, and grantees; and
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(d)(6)(B)
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    (B) agency networks, broadcasters, and grantees adhere to the highest professional standards and ethics of journalism, including taking necessary actions to uphold professional standards to produce consistently reliable and authoritative, accurate, objective, and comprehensive news and information; and
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6205(h)
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    (h) The Chief Executive Officer shall, from within existing United States Agency for Global Media personnel, provide the Advisory Board with an Executive Secretary and such administrative staff and support as may be necessary to enable the Advisory Board to carry out subsections (d) and (e).
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(a)
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    (a) The Agency may not make any grant to RFE/RL, Incorporated, unless the certificate of incorporation of RFE/RL, Incorporated, has been amended to provide that—
    (1) the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall consist of the members authorized under section 6204(a)(20)1 of this title; and
    (2) such Board of Directors shall make all major policy determinations governing the operation of RFE/RL, Incorporated, and shall appoint and fix the compensation of such managerial officers and employees of RFE/RL, Incorporated, as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the grant provided under this chapter.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(b)(1)
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    (1) The Agency may not make any grant to RFE/RL, Incorporated unless the headquarters of RFE/RL, Incorporated and its senior administrative and managerial staff are in a location which ensures economy, operational effectiveness, and accountability to the Agency.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(b)(2)
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    (2) Not later than 90 days after confirmation of all members of the Agency, the Agency shall provide a report to Congress on the number of administrative, managerial, and technical staff of RFE/RL, Incorporated who will be located within the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C., and the number of employees whose principal place of business will be located outside the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(d)
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    (d) If the Chief Executive Officer determines at any time that RFE/RL, Incorporated is not carrying out the functions described in this section in an effective and economical manner, the Agency may award the grant to carry out such functions to another entity.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(e)
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    (e) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to make RFE/RL, Incorporated a Federal agency or instrumentality.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(g)
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    (g) Grants to RFE/RL, Incorporated, by the Agency shall only be made in compliance with a grant agreement. The grant agreement shall establish guidelines for such grants. The grant agreement shall include the following provisions—
    (1) that a grant be used only for activities which the Agency determines are consistent with the purposes of subsection (f);
    (2) that RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this section;
    (3) that failure to comply with the requirements of this section may result in suspension or termination of a grant without further obligation by the Agency or the United States;
    (4) that duplication of language services and technical operations between RFE/RL, Incorporated and the2 any other grantee of the Agency be reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by the Chief Executive Officer; and
    (5) that RFE/RL, Incorporated, justify in detail each proposed expenditure of grant funds, and that such funds may not be used for any other purpose unless the Agency gives its prior written approval.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(g)(1)
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    (1) that a grant be used only for activities which the Agency determines are consistent with the purposes of subsection (f);
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(g)(3)
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    (3) that failure to comply with the requirements of this section may result in suspension or termination of a grant without further obligation by the Agency or the United States;
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(g)(4)
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    (4) that duplication of language services and technical operations between RFE/RL, Incorporated and the2 any other grantee of the Agency be reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by the Chief Executive Officer; and
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(g)(5)
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    (5) that RFE/RL, Incorporated, justify in detail each proposed expenditure of grant funds, and that such funds may not be used for any other purpose unless the Agency gives its prior written approval.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6207(i)
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    (i) Effective not later than March 31 and September 30 of each calendar year, the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall submit to the Agency and the Congress a report on management practices of RFE/RL, Incorporated, under this section. The Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall establish a special unit within the Inspector General’s office to monitor and audit the activities of RFE/RL, Incorporated, and shall provide for on-site monitoring of such activities.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(c)(1)
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    (1) The Agency may not make any grant to Radio Free Asia unless the headquarters of Radio Free Asia and its senior administrative and managerial staff are in a location which ensures economy, operational effectiveness, and accountability to the Agency.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(e)
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    (e) Not later than 3 years after the date on which initial funding is provided for the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia, the Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on—
    (1) whether Radio Free Asia is technically sound and cost-effective,
    (2) whether Radio Free Asia consistently meets the standards for quality and objectivity established by this chapter,
    (3) whether Radio Free Asia is received by a sufficient audience to warrant its continuation,
    (4) the extent to which such broadcasting is already being received by the target audience from other credible sources; and
    (5) the extent to which the interests of the United States are being served by maintaining broadcasting of Radio Free Asia.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(f)(1)
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    (1) The Agency shall notify the appropriate congressional committees before—
    (A) entering into any agreements for the utilization of Voice of America transmitters, equipment, or other resources that will significantly reduce the broadcasting activities of the Voice of America in Asia or any other region in order to accommodate the broadcasting activities of Radio Free Asia; or
    (B) entering into any agreements in regard to the utilization of Radio Free Asia transmitters, equipment, or other resources that will significantly reduce the broadcasting activities of Radio Free Asia.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(f)(2)
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    (2) The Chief Executive Officer of the Agency shall consult with such committees on the impact of any such reduction in Voice of America broadcasting activities or Radio Free Asia broadcasting activities.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(g)
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    (g) If the Chief Executive Officer determines at any time that Radio Free Asia is not carrying out the functions described in this section in an effective and economical manner, the Agency may award the grant to carry out such functions to another entity.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208(h)
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    (h) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to make Radio Free Asia a Federal agency or instrumentality.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(a)(1)
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    (1) Grants authorized under section 6204 of this title shall be available to make annual grants for the purpose of promoting, consistent with United States law, unrestricted access to uncensored sources of information via the internet to enable journalists, including journalists employed by or affiliated with the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, or any entity funded by or partnering with the United States Agency for Global Media, to create and disseminate, and for their audiences to receive, news and information consistent with the purposes, standards, and principles specified in sections 6201 and 6202 of this title.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(b)(4)
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    (4) develop, acquire, and distribute requisite internet freedom technologies and techniques for the United States Agency for Global Media, including as set forth in paragraph (1), and digital security interventions, to fully enable the creation and distribution of digital content between and to all users and regional audiences;
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(b)(6)
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    (6) carry out any other effort consistent with the purposes of this chapter or press freedom overseas if requested or approved by the United States Agency for Global Media.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(c)(9)
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    (9) utilize any other methodology approved by the United States Agency for Global Media in furtherance of the mission of the Open Technology Fund.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(d)(1)
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    (1) The headquarters of the Open Technology Fund and its senior administrative and managerial staff shall be located in a location which ensures economy, operational effectiveness, and accountability to the United States Agency for Global Media.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(e)(1)
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    (1) The Open Technology Fund shall be subject to the same oversight and governance by the United States Agency for Global Media as other grantees of the Agency as set forth in section 6204 of this title.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(e)(2)
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    (2) The United States Agency for Global Media, its broadcast entities, and the Open Technology Fund should render assistance to each other as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section or any other provision of this chapter.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(e)(3)
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    (3) Nothing in this section may be construed to make the Open Technology Fund a Federal agency or instrumentality.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(e)(4)
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    (4) Under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act [42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.], employees of a grantee of the United States Agency for Global Media may be detailed to the Agency, and Federal employees may be detailed to a grantee of the United States Agency for Global Media.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6208a(f)
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    (f) The United States Agency for Global Media shall ensure that internet freedom research and development projects of the Open Technology Fund are coordinated with internet freedom programs of the Department of State and other relevant United States Government departments, in order to share information and best-practices relating to the implementation of subsections (b) and (c).
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6209(c)
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    (c) Nothing in this chapter or in any other Act, and no action taken pursuant to this chapter or any other Act, may be construed to make a grantee incorporated pursuant to subsection (b), or any other grantee or entity provided funding by the Agency, a Federal agency or instrumentality.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6209(d)
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    (d) The chief executive officer or the equivalent official of RFE/RL Inc., Radio Free Asia, the Open Technology Fund, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and any other organization that is established or authorized under this chapter, shall serve at the pleasure of, and may be named by, the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, with the concurrence of the Grantee Board and subject to the approval of the Advisory Board pursuant to section 6205 of this title.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6209a(a)
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    (a) The Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall exercise the same authorities with respect to the United States Agency for Global Media as the Inspector General exercises under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and section 3929 of this title with respect to the Department of State.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6209b
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    To assist the Agency in carrying out its functions, the Chief Executive Officer shall regularly consult with and seek from the Secretary of State guidance on foreign policy issues.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6210
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    It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting should, in developing the plan for consolidation and reorganization of overseas international broadcasting services, limit, to the maximum extent feasible, consistent with the purposes of the consolidation, elimination of any United States-based positions and should affirmatively seek to transfer as many positions as possible to the United States.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6212(a)
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    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the fiscal year 1994 and for each subsequent fiscal year, any funds appropriated for the purposes of broadcasting subject to supervision of the Agency shall not be available for obligation or expenditure—
    (1) unless such funds are appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations; or
    (2) in excess of the authorized level of appropriations.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6216(a)(1)
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    (1) Whenever the President determines it to be important to the national interests of the United States and so certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, the President, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, is authorized to direct any department, agency, or other entity of the United States to furnish the United States Agency for Global Media with such assistance outside the United States as may be necessary to provide international broadcasting activities of the United States with a surge capacity to support United States foreign policy objectives during a crisis abroad.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6216(c)
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    (c) The annual report submitted to the President and Congress by the United States Agency for Global Media under section 6204(a)(9) of this title shall provide a detailed description of any activities carried out under this section.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 6217(c)(2)
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    (2) $49,000,000 to the United States Agency for Global Media (referred to in this section as the “USAGM”) and its grantees, for internet freedom and circumvention technologies that are designed—
    (A) for open-source tools and techniques to securely develop and distribute digital content produced by the USAGM and its grantees;
    (B) to facilitate audience access to such digital content on websites that are censored;
    (C) to coordinate the distribution of such digital content to targeted regional audiences; and
    (D) to promote and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital security techniques.

Citations to §6213(3)