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.
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:
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is authorized to produce, acquire, or broadcast television programs, via satellite, only if such programs-
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.
22 U.S.C. § 1464a
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1998-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, §1335(a)(1)(A), substituted "Broadcasting Board of Governors" for "Director of the United States Information Agency". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-277, §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, §1335(a)(1)(C)(ii), substituted "The United States International Television Service" for "USIA-TV", wherever appearing.Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-277, §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, §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, §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, §1335(a)(1)(D), substituted "the United States International Television Service" for "USIA-TV", wherever appearing. Pub. L. 105-277, §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, §1335(a)(1)(B), substituted "Broadcasting Board of Governors" for "United States Information Agency".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
CHANGE OF NAME Broadcasting Board of Governors renamed United States Agency for Global Media pursuant to section 6204(a)(21) of this title. The renaming was effectuated by notice to congressional appropriations committees dated May 24, 2018, and became effective Aug. 22, 2018.
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, §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, §1336(7), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-790.