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(B) deposit that film in the National Archives of the United States; and

(C) make copies of that film available for purchase and public viewing within the United States.

Any reimbursement to the Director pursuant to this section shall be credited to the applicable appropriation of the United States Information Agency.

SEC. 204. THE J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP BOARD. (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1961.

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(b) 7 CONTINUED SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS.-Each member appointed to the Board of Foreign Scholarships before the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue to serve for the remainder of the term to which each such member was appointed.

(c) REFERENCES IN LAW.-Any reference in any provision of law to the Board of Foreign Scholarships shall, on and after the date of enactment of this Act, be deemed to be a reference to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

SEC. 205.8 USIA SATELLITE AND TELEVISION. * *

SEC. 206. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

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(b)10 CONTINUED SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Each member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy as in existence on the day before the effective date of section 604 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (as amended by section 213 of Public Law 100204) shall continue to serve for the remainder of the term to which such member was appointed.

SEC. 210.11 USIA NETWORK FOR DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING UNITED STATES PROGRAMS TO COMBAT NARCOTICS AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

The United States Information Agency shall establish and maintain an international narcotics information network. The network shall disseminate prompt, accurate, and comprehensive information to foreign governments concerning programs and activities of the United States Government

(1) to eliminate the illicit production, trafficking, and abuse of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances within the United States; and

722 U.S.C. 2456 note.

8 Sec. 205 added a new sec. 505, USIA Satellite and Television, to the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and made conforming amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204).

9 Sec. 206(a) amended sec. 604 of the United States Information and Education Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469).

10 22 U.S.C. 1469 note.

11 22 U.S.C. 1461 note.

(2) to promote drug prevention and rehabilitation in the United States.

SEC. 211. AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY PLAN.

(a) MAINTENANCE OF PLAN.-The Director of the United States Information Agency shall maintain a comprehensive country plan for the Agency's activities with respect to Afghanistan, consistent with the plan submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1989. (b) REPORT.-Not later than March 1, 1990, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall submit to the Congress a report describing the Afghanistan country plan and including a specific outline on how that country plan will be adapted for implementation inside a free Afghanistan.

SEC. 212. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.

(a) STUDY OF NED.-The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the operations of the National Endowment for Democracy. Such study shall evaluate

(1) the programs and operations of the National Endowment for Democracy;

(2) the effectiveness of the National Endowment for Democracy in fulfilling its goals; and

(3) the management structure of the National Endowment for Democracy, including

(A) an assessment of the present composition of the board of directors; and

(B) the capability and effectiveness of the board in providing objective oversight of the programs and operations of the National Endowment for Democracy.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit a report of the findings of such study to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

SEC. 213. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMMING MATERIALS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall provide to the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a detailed report describing all programming material acquired by the United States Information Agency in the fiscal years 1988 and 1989 from public television and radio entities, including a description of how such program material was utilized by the United States Information Agency, in whole or in part, in original or edited form. Such report shall include a description of projected United States Information Agency use of programming material acquired for public television and radio entities through the fiscal year 1992.

PART B-BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
AFFAIRS

APPROPRIATIONS.-In

addition

to

SEC. 221. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) 12 AUTHORIZATION OF amounts otherwise made available under section 201 for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to carry out the purposes of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 the following amounts:

(1) For "Salaries and Expenses", $43,323,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $45,056,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(2) For the Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs, $97,460,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $101,358,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(3) For the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, $5,500,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $5,720,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(4) For the International Visitors Program, $41,817,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $43,490,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(5) For the Arts America Program, $6,400,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $6,656,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(b) 13 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.-Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a)(1), $150,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $200,000 for the fiscal year 1991 shall be available only for the training at the University of Maine and in Washington, District of Columbia, of media personnel from developing French-speaking countries. The voice of America International Broadcast Training Center shall administer such training program. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Exchanges shall provide to the center such assistance as may be necessary in the facilitation of such program.

SEC. 222. CITIZEN EXCHANGES. (a) 14 * *

(b) 15 TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.-There are hereby transferred to the Office of Citizen Exchanges on the date of enactment of this

12 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap propriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-162; 103 Stat. 1029), as amended, provided the following for "Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs":

"For expenses of Fulbright, International Visitor, Humphrey Fellowship, Private Sector, and Congress-Bundestag Exchange Programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636) $156,506,000, including up to $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program.”.

Public Law 101-162 originally provided $160,300,000 for these programs, but was amended to read "$156,506,000" by sec. 320(c)2) of Public Law 101-302 (104 Stat. 248).

The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-515; 104 Stat. 2146), provided the following for "Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs":

"For expenses of Fulbright, International Visitor, Humphrey Fellowship, Private Sector, and Congress-Bundestag Exchange Programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.Š.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $163,151,000, of which up to $200,000 shall be available for the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation, and of which $500,000 shall be available only for a grant to the North Pacific Studies Center in Portland, Oregon." 13 Sec. 1102 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 waived this subsection for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, effective February 16, 1990.

14 Sec. 222(a) amended sec. 112 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. 15 22 U.S.C. 2460 note.

Act all functions carried out by the Office of Private Sector Programs on the day before such date.

SEC. 225. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.

(a) ALLOCATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS.-Of funds made available to the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs to carry out the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 1993 16 not less than 30 scholarships are authorized to 17 be made available to Tibetan students and professionals who are outside Tibet, and not less than 15 scholarships are authorized to 17 be made available to Burmese students and professionals who are outside Burma.

(b) WAIVER. Subsection (a) shall not apply to the extent that the Director of the United States Information Agency determines that there are not enough qualified students to fulfill such allocation requirement.

SEC. 226. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Information Agency should review the Humphrey Fellowship Program and consider the feasibility of broadening the placement of fellows under such program to provide exposure to the processes of the United States Government, the Congress, and State and local governmental processes.

PART C-VOICE OF AMERICA

SEC. 231. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency for the Voice of America for carrying out title V of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act the following amounts:

(1) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.-For "Salaries and Expenses", $170,024,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $176,825,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(2) 18 ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO FACILITIES.For "Acquisition and Construction of Radio Facilities",

16 Sec. 224(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 698), struck out "Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 221 for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991," and inserted in lieu thereof "Of funds made available to the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs to carry out the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 1993".

17 Sec. 224(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 699), struck out "shall" and inserted in lieu thereof of "are authorized to".

18 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-162; 103 Stat. 1029), provided the following for "Radio Construction":

"For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $85,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1477b(a), of which not to exceed $16,000,000 may be available for the completion of testing and first-year operations of television broadcasting to Continued

$69,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $122,000,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(3) 19 RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA.-For "Radio Broadcasting to Cuba", $12,700,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $13,208,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

(4) VOA EUROPE.-For "VOA Europe", $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $3,120,000 for the fiscal year 1991.

SEC. 233.20 VOA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO PROMOTE CHILD SURVIVAL.

The United States Information Agency shall establish and maintain through the Voice of America a system of public service announcements focusing on child survival techniques.

SEC. 234. VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTS TO TIBET.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE.-Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall establish through the Voice of America, a service to provide Voice of America Tibetan language programming to the people of Tibet.

(b) AMOUNT OF Programming.-For each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991, programming broadcasts to the people of Tibet pursuant to this section shall occur for not less than two hours each day.

(c) REPORT.-As soon as possible in the fiscal year 1990, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall submit to the

Cuba, including, but not limited to the purchase, rent, construction, improvement and equipping of facilities, operations, and staffing: Provided, That such funds for television broadcasting to Cuba may be used to purchase or lease, maintain, and operate such aircraft (including aerostats) as may be required to house and operate necessary television broadcasting equipment: Provided further, That the availability of such funds for television broadcasting to Cuba shall be subject to the provisions of part B, title II of H.R. 1487 as passed the House of Representatives until such time as legislation authorizing such activity is enacted into law.".

The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap propriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-515; 104 Stat. 2147), provided the following for "Radio Construction":

"For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $107,237,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1477b(a).".

19 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap propriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-162; 103 Stat. 1029), provided the following for "Radio Broadcasting to Cuba":

"For an additional amount, necessary to enable the United States Information Agency to carry out the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (providing for the Radio Marti Program or Cuba Service of the Voice of America), including the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $12,700,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1477b(a).".

The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-515; 104 Stat. 2147), provided the following for "Broadcasting to Cuba":

"For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information Agency to carry out the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.) (providing for the Radio Marti Program or Cuba Service of the Voice of America), and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa et seq.) including the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and television transmission and reception and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and television transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $31,069,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1477bat Provided, That such funds for television broadcasting to Cuba may be used to purchase or lease, maintain, and operate such aircraft (including aerostats) as may be required to house and operate necessary television broadcasting equipment.".

20 22 U.S.Č. 1463 note.

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