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[CITE: 22USC1469]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
 CHAPTER 18--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
 
        SUBCHAPTER VI--ADVISORY COMMISSIONS TO FORMULATE POLICIES
 
Sec. 1469. United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy


(a) Establishment

    (1) There is established an advisory commission to be known as the 
United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
    (2) The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members 
of the Commission shall represent the public interest and shall be 
selected from a cross section of educational, communications, cultural, 
scientific, technical, public service, labor, business, and professional 
backgrounds. Not more than four members shall be from any one political 
party.
    (3) The term of each member shall be 3 years, except that of the 
original seven appointments, two shall be for a term of 1 year and two 
shall be for a term of 2 years.
    (4) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which a predecessor was appointed shall be 
appointed for the remainder of such term. Upon the expiration of a 
member's term of office, such member may continue to serve until a 
successor is appointed and qualified.
    (5) The President shall designate a member to chair the Commission.

(b) Staff

    The Commission shall have a staff director who shall be appointed by 
the chairperson of the Commission. Subject to such rules and regulations 
as may be adopted by the Commission, the chairperson of the Commission 
may--
        (1) appoint such additional personnel for the staff of the 
    Commission as the chairperson considers necessary; and
        (2) procure temporary and intermittent services to the same 
    extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, but at rates 
    for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
    rate of basic pay payable for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule 
    under section 5332 of title 5.

(c) Duties and responsibilities

    (1) The Commission shall formulate and recommend to the Director of 
the United States Information Agency, the Secretary of State, and the 
President policies and programs to carry out the functions vested in the 
Director or the Agency, and shall appraise the effectiveness of policies 
and programs of the Agency.
    (2) The Commission shall submit to the Congress, the President, the 
Secretary of State, and the Director of the United States Information 
Agency annual reports on programs and activities carried out by the 
Agency, including appraisals, where feasible, as to the effectiveness of 
the several programs. The Commission shall also include in such reports 
such recommendations as shall have been made by the Commission to the 
Director for effectuating the purposes of the Agency, and the action 
taken to carry out such recommendations.
    (3) The Commission may also submit such other reports to the 
Congress as it considers appropriate, and shall make reports to the 
public in the United States and abroad to develop a better understanding 
of and support for the programs conducted by the Agency.
    (4) The Commission's reports to the Congress shall include 
assessments of the degree to which the scholarly integrity and 
nonpolitical character of the educational and cultural exchange 
activities vested in the Director of the United States Information 
Agency have been maintained, and assessments of the attitudes of foreign 
scholars and governments regarding such activities.

(d) Limitation on authority

    The Commission shall have no authority with respect to the J. 
William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board or the United States 
National Commission for UNESCO.

(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title VI, Sec. 604, as added Pub. L. 96-60, 
title II, Sec. 203(f), Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 399; amended Pub. L. 100-
204, title II, Sec. 213, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1376; Pub. L. 101-246, 
title II, Sec. 206(a), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 51; Pub. L. 105-277, 
div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1334(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2681-786; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title IV, 
Sec. 404(a), (c)(1)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-446, 1501A-
447.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title IV, 
    Sec. 404(c)(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-447, provided 
    that, effective Sept. 30, 2001, this section is repealed.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title IV, 
Sec. 404(a), (c)(1)], amended Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1334, generally (see 
1998 Amendment note below) and provided for reenactment of this section. 
See Reenactment and Repeal of Certain Provisions of Law note below.
    1998--Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1334(b), which directed the repeal of 
this section, was amended generally by Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) 
[div. A, title IV, Sec. 404(a)], and, as so amended, no longer contains 
provisions repealing this section. See 1999 Amendment note above.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-246 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (d) relating to redesignation of 
United States Advisory Commission on International Communication, 
Cultural and Educational Affairs as United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy, appointment of members, appointment of staff director 
and staff personnel, date of section entering into force as being Jan. 
20, 1989, and repeal of prohibition limiting membership of individuals 
from same political party.
    1987--Pub. L. 100-204 amended section generally, revising and 
restating as subsecs. (a) to (d) provisions of former subsecs. (a) and 
(b).


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, and applicable only with respect to 
funds appropriated after Aug. 15, 1979, where new authorities provide 
for expenditure of appropriated funds, see section 209 of Pub. L. 96-60, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1979 Amendment note under section 1471 
of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions 
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of this 
title.


           Reenactment and Repeal of Certain Provisions of Law

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title IV, 
Sec. 404(c)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-447, provided that:
    ``(1) Reenactment.--The provisions of law repealed by section 1334 
[22 U.S.C. 6553] of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998 [repealing this section and section 8 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 
of 1977, set out under section 1461 of this title and in the Appendix to 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], as in effect before the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1999], are hereby reenacted 
into law.
    ``(2) Repeal.--Effective September 30, 2001, section 604 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 
U.S.C. 1469) and section 8 of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977 
are repealed.''


                    Continuity of Advisory Commission

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title IV, 
Sec. 404(d)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-447, provided that: 
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any period of 
discontinuity of the United States Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy shall not affect the appointment or terms of service of 
members of the commission.''


                      Reduction in Staff and Budget

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title IV, 
Sec. 404(e)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-447, provided that: 
``Notwithstanding section 604(b) of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 [22 U.S.C. 1469(b)], effective on the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1999], the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy shall have not more than 2 
individuals who are compensated staff, and not more than 50 percent of 
the resources allocated in fiscal year 1999.''


         References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

    References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to 
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered 
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.


                 Continued Service of Commission Members

    Pub. L. 101-246, title II, Sec. 206(b), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 53, 
provided that each member of the United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy as in existence on the day before Jan. 20, 1989, was to 
continue to serve for the remainder of the term to which such member was 
appointed.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6553 of this title.
