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PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-786 using such funds shall be distributed or disseminated in the United States. (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. —The report submitted pursuant to section 1601(f) of this subdivision shall include a detailed statement of the manner in which the special mission of public diplomacy carried out by USIA. prior to the trsinsfer of functions under this subdivision shall be preserved within the Department of State, including the planned duties and responsibilities of any new bureaus that will perform such public diplomacy functions. Such report shall also include the best avEulable estimates of— (1) the amoiuits expended by the Department of State for public affairs programs during fiscal year 1998, and on the personnel and support costs for such programs; (2) the amounts expended by USIA for its public diplomacy programs during fiscal year 1998, and on the personnel and support costs for such programs; and (3) the amounts, including funds to be transferred from USIA and funds appropriated to the Department, that will be allocated for the programs described in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, during the fiscal year in which the transfer of functions from USIA to the Department occurs. (e) CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATION DOCUMENT.— The Department of State's Congressional Presentation Document for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter shall include— (1) the aggregated amoiuits that the Department will spend on such public diplomacy programs and on costs of personnel for such programs, and a detailed description of the goals and purposes for which such funds shall be expended; and (2) the amount of fiuids allocated to and the positions authorized for such public diplomacy programs, including bureaus to be created upon the transfer of functions from USIA to the Department. SEC. 1334. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 22 USC 6553. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. (a) ABOLITION. —The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is abolished. (b) REPEALS.—Section 604 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) and section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977 are repealed. SEC. 1335. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a)— (A) by striking "Director of the United States Information Agency" each place it appears and inserting "Broadcasting Board of Governors"; (B) by striking "United States Information Agency" each place it appears and inserting "Broadcasting Board of Governors"; (C) in subsection (b)— (i) by striking "Agenc^s" and all that follows through "'USIA-TV)" and inserting "television broadcasts of the United States International Television Service"; and