BALTIC DIVISION Sec. 307. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by the amendment made by section 302 of this Act 2 may be used for a grant to RFE/RL, Incorporated unless (1) the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian radio services of RFE/RL, Incorporated, are organized as a separate division within Radio Liberty; and (2) those radio services begin broadcasts under a name which would accurately reflect United States policy of not recognizing the illegal incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the Soviet Union. POLICY ON THE JAMMING BY THE SOVIET UNION OF BROADCASTS OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA AND RFE/RL Sec. 308. (a) The Congress finds that (1) the permanent unrestrained flow of accurate information would greatly facilitate mutual understanding and world peace; (2) the Soviet Union and its allies are at present electronically jamming the broadcasts of the Voice of America and RFE/ RL, Incorporated (commonly known as Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty); and (3) electronic jamming of international broadcasts violates at least four international agreements: Article 35(1) of the International Telecommunications Union Convention, Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (commonly known as the Helsinki Accords). (b) it is the sense of the Congress that the President should urge the Government of the Soviet Union to terminate its jamming of the broadcasts of the Voice of America and RFE/RL, Incorporated. 2 Sec. 302 amended sec. 8 of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 by authorizing the appropriation of funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985. e. Board for International Broadcasting Appropriations (1) Board for International Broadcasting Appropriations, 1988 Partial text of Public Law 100-202 [Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; Title V of Sec. 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 1988; H.J. Res. 395], 101 Stat. 1329, approved December 22, 1987 JOINT RESOLUTION Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes, namely: SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary for programs, projects or activities provided for in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988, at a rate of operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for, the provisions of such Act to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act, as follows: AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, and for other purposes. TITLE V BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING GRANTS AND EXPENSES For expenses of the Board for International Broadcasting, including grants to RFE/RL, Inc., $185,000,000, of which $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall become available for expenditure on October 1, 1988, and of which not to exceed $52,000 may be made available for official reception and representation expenses ISRAEL RADIO RELAY STATION There is hereby appropriated the sum of $34,000,000, to remain available until expended, to the Board for International Broadcasting for the purpose of making and overseeing grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, and its subsidiaries and of making payments as necessary in order to begin implementation of the agreement signed on June 18, 1987, between the United States Government and the Government of Israel to establish and operate a radio relay station in Israel for use by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Voice of America GENERAL PROVISIONS-RELATED AGENCIES Funds appropriated to the United States Information Agency for radio construction and to the Board for International Broadcasting for facility modernization, including for both agencies balances available from prior years, may be transferred between the two agencies to meet priority broadcasting facility improvement needs as mutually agreed to by the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting: Provided, That such transfers will be subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate pursuant to the reprogramming provision of section 608 of this Act. (2) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 Partial text of Public Law 100-71 [H.R. 1827], 101 Stat. 391, approved July 11, 1987 AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987 and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I-PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTALS CHAPTER I RELATED AGENCIES For BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING GRANTS AND EXPENSES an additional amount for "Grants and Expenses", $33,195,000, to remain available until expended. 13. Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act Public Law 98–111 [S. 602], 97 Stat. 749, approved October 4, 1983, as amended by Public Law 98–411 [H.R. 5712], 98 Stat. 1545 at 1574, approved August 30, 1984 AN ACT To provide for the broadcasting of accurate information to the people of Cuba, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act". FINDINGS; PURPOSES Sec. 2.1 The Congress finds and declares (1) that it is the policy of the United States to support the right of the people of Cuba to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers, in accordance with article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (2) that, consonant with this policy, radio broadcasting to Cuba may be effective in furthering the open communication of accurate information and ideas to the people of Cuba, in particular information about Cuba; (3) that such broadcasting to Cuba, operated in a manner not inconsistent with the broad foreign policy of the United States and in accordance with high professional standards, would be in the national interest; and (4) that the Voice of America already broadcasts to Cuba information that represents America, not any single segment of American society, and includes a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions but that there is a need for broadcasts to Cuba which provide news, commentary and other information about events in Cuba and elsewhere to promote the cause of freedom in Cuba. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY Sec. 3.2 (a) In order to carry out the objectives set forth in section 2, the United States Information Agency (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Agency") 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) Radio broadcasting in accordance with subsection (a) shall be part of the Voice of America radio broadcasting to Cuba and shall 122 U.S.C. 1465. 2 22 U.S.C. 1465a. لرا |