PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 437 SEC. 308. LIMITS ON GRANTS FOR RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO 22 USC 6207. UBERTY. (a) BOARD OF RFE/RL, INCORPORATED. —The Board may not make any grant to RFE/BXi, Incorporated, unless the certmcate 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 of the Broadcasting Board of Governors established under section 304 and of no other members; and (2) such Board of Directors shall make all major policy determinations governing the operation of BFE/BL, Incorporated, and shall appoint and nx the compensation of such managerial officers and employees of RJPEl/RL, Incorporated, as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of flie grant provided under this title. (b) LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.— (1) The Board may not make any^ant to RFE/RL, Incorporated unless the headquarters of KF%/RL, Incorporated and its senior administrative and managerial staff are m a location which ensures economy, operational effectiveness, and accountability to the Board. (2) Not later than 90 days after confirmation of all members Reports. of the Board, the Board shall provide a report to Congress on the number of administrative, managerial, and teclmical staff of RFE^UJ, 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. (c) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.— The total amount of grants made by the Board for the operating costs of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty may not exceed $75,000,000 for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1995. (d) ALTERNATIVE GRANTEE. — If the Board determines at any time that RFE/RL, Incorporated, is not carrying out the functions described in section 309 in an effective and economical manner, the Board may award the grant to cany out such functions to another entity after soliciting and considering applications from eligible entities in such manner and accompanied by mch information as the Board may reasonably require. (e) NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY. —Nothing in this title may be construed to make RFE/RL, Incorporated a Federal agency or instrumentality. (f) AUTHORITY.—Grants authorized under section 305 for RFE/ RL, Incorporated, shall be available to make annual grants for the purpose of carrying out similar functions as were carried out by RPEVRL, Incorporated, on the day before the date of enactment of this Act with respect to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, consistent with section 2 of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, as in effect on such date. (g) GRANT AGREEMENT. —Grants to RFE/RL, Incorporated, by the Board 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 Board determines are consistent with the purposes of subsection (f); (2) that RFEVRL, Incorporated, shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this section;
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