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[CITE: 22USC6541]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 74--FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION
 
            SUBCHAPTER III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
 
                   Part B--International Broadcasting
 
Sec. 6541. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    Congress finds that--
        (1) it is the policy of the United States to promote the right 
    of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom ``to 
    seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media 
    and regardless of frontiers'', in accordance with Article 19 of the 
    Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
        (2) open communication of information and ideas among the 
    peoples of the world contributes to international peace and 
    stability, and the promotion of such communication is in the 
    interests of the United States;
        (3) it is in the interest of the United States to support 
    broadcasting to other nations consistent with the requirements of 
    this part and the United States International Broadcasting Act of 
    1994 [22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.]; and
        (4) international broadcasting is, and should remain, an 
    essential instrument of United States foreign policy.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1321, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-777.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in par. (3), was in the original ``this 
chapter'', meaning chapter 3 (Secs. 1321-1328) of title XIII of subdiv. 
A of div. G of Pub. L. 105-277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-777. For 
complete classification of chapter 3 to the Code, see Tables.
    The United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, referred 
to in par. (3), is title III of Pub. L. 103-236, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 
Stat. 432, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 71 
(Sec. 6201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of this 
title and Tables.
