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[CITE: 22USC6544]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 74--FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION
 
            SUBCHAPTER III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
 
                   Part B--International Broadcasting
 
Sec. 6544. Report on privatization of RFE/RL, Incorporated

    Not later than March 1 of each year, the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the progress of the Board and of RFE/RL, Incorporated, on any 
steps taken to further the policy declared in section 6211(a) of this 
title. The report under this subsection shall include the following:
        (1) Efforts by RFE/RL, Incorporated, to terminate individual 
    language services.
        (2) A detailed description of steps taken with regard to section 
    6211(a) of this title.
        (3) An analysis of prospects for privatization over the coming 
    year.
        (4) An assessment of the extent to which United States 
    Government funding may be appropriate in the year 2000 and 
    subsequent years for surrogate broadcasting to the countries to 
    which RFE/RL, Incorporated, broadcast during the year. This 
    assessment shall include an analysis of the environment for 
    independent media in those countries, noting the extent of 
    government control of the media, the ability of independent 
    journalists and news organizations to operate, relevant domestic 
    legislation, level of government harassment and efforts to censor, 
    and other indications of whether the people of such countries enjoy 
    freedom of expression.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1328, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-784.)
