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[CITE: 22USC1465a]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
 CHAPTER 18--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
 
               SUBCHAPTER V-A--RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA
 
Sec. 1465a. Additional functions of Broadcasting Board of 
        Governors
        

(a) Radio broadcasting to Cuba

    In order to carry out the objectives set forth in section 1465 of 
this title, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (hereafter in this 
subchapter referred to as the ``Board'') shall provide for the open 
communication of information and ideas through the use of radio 
broadcasting to Cuba. Radio broadcasting to Cuba shall serve as a 
consistently reliable and authoritative source of accurate, objective, 
and comprehensive news.

(b) Broadcasting as part of Voice of America

    Radio broadcasting in accordance with subsection (a) of this section 
shall be part of the Voice of America radio broadcasting to Cuba and 
shall be in accordance with all Voice of America standards to ensure the 
broadcast of programs which are objective, accurate, balanced, and which 
present a variety of views.

(c) Location of broadcast facilities; frequency; leased time from 
        nongovernmental shortwave stations

    Radio broadcasting to Cuba authorized by this subchapter shall 
utilize the broadcasting facilities located at Marathon, Florida, and 
the 1180 AM frequency that were used by the Voice of America prior to 
October 4, 1983. Other frequencies, not on the commercial Amplitude 
Modulation (AM) Band (535 kHz to 1605 kHz), may also be simultaneously 
utilized: Provided, That no frequency shall be used for radio broadcasts 
to Cuba in accordance with this subchapter which is not also used for 
all other Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba. Time leased from 
nongovernmental shortwave radio stations may be used to carry all or 
part of the Service programs and to rebroadcast Service programs: 
Provided, That not less than 30 per centum of the programs broadcast or 
rebroadcast shall be regular Voice of America broadcasts with particular 
emphasis on news and programs meeting the requirements of section 
1463(2) \1\ of this title.
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(d) Changes in frequencies to other AM bands; jamming and interference

    Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, in the event that 
broadcasts to Cuba on the 1180 AM frequency are subject to jamming or 
interference greater by 25 per centum or more than the average daily 
jamming or interference in the twelve months preceding September 1, 
1983, the Broadcasting Board of Governors may lease time on commercial 
or noncommercial educational AM band radio broadcasting stations. The 
Federal Communications Commission shall determine levels of jamming and 
interference by conducting regular monitoring of the 1180 AM frequency. 
In the event that more than two hours a day of time is leased, not less 
than 30 per centum of the programing broadcast shall be regular Voice of 
America broadcasts with particular emphasis on news and programs meeting 
the requirements of section 1463(2) \1\ of this title.

(e) Voice of America: Cuba Service; Voice of America: Radio Marti 
        program

    Any program of United States Government radio broadcasts to Cuba 
authorized by this section shall be designated ``Voice of America: Cuba 
Service'' or ``Voice of America: Radio Marti program''.

(f) Use of other facilities

    In the event broadcasting facilities located at Marathon, Florida, 
are rendered inoperable by natural disaster or by unlawful destruction, 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors may, for the period in which the 
facilities are inoperable but not to exceed one hundred and fifty days, 
use other United States Government-owned transmission facilities for 
Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 98-111, Sec. 3, Oct. 4, 1983, 97 Stat. 749; Pub. L. 105-277, 
div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1324(1)-(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681-780, 2681-781.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Section repealed upon transmittal of determination by President 
    under section 6063(c)(3) of this title that democratically elected 
    government in Cuba is in power, see section 6037(c) of this title.

                       References in Text

    Section 1463 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 103-236, title III, Sec. 315(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 
Stat. 445.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act 
which comprises this subchapter, and not as part of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 which comprises this 
chapter.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1324(1), (2), substituted 
``Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``United States Information 
Agency'' and ``Board'' for ``Agency''.
    Subsecs. (d), (f). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1324(3), substituted ``the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors'' for ``the Director of the United 
States Information Agency''.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1465b, 1465d, 1465f of this 
title.
