99 STAT. 436
PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985
22 USC 2875
SEC. 305. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) ROLE.—Section 6 of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2875) is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 6."; (2) by adding the following at the end of subsection (a), as so designated by paragraph (1): "The Secretary shall report regularly to the Board on the impact of broadcasts by RFE/RL, Incorporated, in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union."; and (3) by adding a t the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) No grant may be made under this Act unless RFE/RL, Incorporated, agrees to the presence of an observer representing the Secretary of State a t the meetings of its Board of Directors.". (b) LiAisoN WITH RFE/RL, INCORPORATED; REPRESENTATION AT
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BOARD MEETINGS.—The Secretary of State shall—
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(1) establish an office within the United States C!onsulate in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, which shall be responsible for the daily liaison operations of the Department of State with RFE/RL, Incorporated; and (2) be represented by an observer a t each meeting of the Board for International Broadcasting and of the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated. Study.
SEC. 306. TASK FORCE WITH RESPECT TO BROADCASTS TO SOVIET JEWRY. (a) ESTABLISH TASK FORCE.—There shall be established by the Board for International Broadcasting a task force to conduct a study of the advisability and feasibility of increasing broadcasts to the Jewish population within the Soviet Union. (b) STUDY.—The Task Force shall— (1) investigate the needs of Jewish audiences in the Soviet Union; (2) study the practicality and desirability of establishing a special program, in accordance with the Program Policy Guidelines of RFE/RL, Inc., of Russian language broadcasting to the Jewish population of the Soviet Union; (3) study the advisability of incorporating such a special program in a special unit of its Radio Liberty division entitled the "Radio Maccabee Program of Radio Liberty"; (4) make recommendations with respect to the desirable content of broadcast programming; and (5) identify the needs and concerns of the activist as well as the refusnik population in the Soviet Union. (c) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board for International Broadcasting shall submit a report to the Congress. Such report shall include the following: (1) Whether expansion of original programming scheduled ("Jewish Cultural and Social Life") or planned ("Judaism") is fulfilling the needs of the audience, and whether expanded Soviet-Jewish programming should include broadcasts on Jewish history, culture, religion, or other matters of general cultural, intellectual, political, and religious interest to the Soviet Jewish population, as well as Hebrew education courses. (2) The extent to which such programming is broadcast in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. (3) Recommendations for implementing expanded programming within the structure of RFE/RL, Inc., including specific
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