110 STAT. 3300 PUBLIC LAW 104-269—OCT. 9, 1996 Public Law 104-269 104th Congress An Act Oct. 9, 1996 To make available certain Voice of America and Radio Marti multilingual computer [H.R. 3916] readable text and voice recordings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF VOICE OF AMERICA AND RADIO MARTI MULTILINGUAL COMPUTER READABLE TEXT AND VOICE RECORDINGS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461-la) and the second sentence of section 501 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461), the Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to make available, upon request, to the Linguistic Data Consortium of the University of Pennsylvania computer readable multilingual text and recorded speech in various languages. The Consortium shall, directly or indirectly as appropriate, reimburse the Director for any expenses involved in making such materials available. (b) TERMINATION. —Subsection (a) shall cease to have effect 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved October 9, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3916: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): Sept. 4, considered and passed House. Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.
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