2007 US Code
Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 71 - UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
Sec. 6216 - Special authority for surge capacity
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 71 - UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING Sec. 6216 - Special authority for surge capacity |
Contains | section 6216 |
Date | 2007 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-236, title III, §316, as added Pub. L. 110-53, title XX, §2031(c), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 516. |
Statutes at Large References | 121 Stat. 516, 515 |
Public Law References | Public Law 103-236, Public Law 110-53 |
§6216. Special authority for surge capacity (a) Emergency authority (1) In general
Whenever the President determines it to be important to the national interests of the United States and so certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, the President, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, is authorized to direct any department, agency, or other entity of the United States to furnish the Broadcasting Board of Governors with such assistance outside the United States as may be necessary to provide international broadcasting activities of the United States with a surge capacity to support United States foreign policy objectives during a crisis abroad.
(2) Supersedes existing lawThe authority of paragraph (1) shall supersede any other provision of law.
(3) Surge capacity definedIn this subsection, the term “surge capacity” means the financial and technical resources necessary to carry out broadcasting activities in a geographical area during a crisis abroad.
(4) DurationThe President is authorized to exercise the authority provided in subsection (a)(1) for a period of up to six months, which may be renewed for one additional six month period.
(b) Authorization of appropriations (1) In generalThere are authorized to be appropriated to the President such sums as may be necessary for the President to carry out this section, except that no such amount may be appropriated which, when added to amounts previously appropriated for such purpose but not yet obligated, would cause such amounts to exceed ,000,000.
(2) Availability of fundsAmounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.
(3) Designation of appropriationsAmounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in this subsection may be referred to as the “United States International Broadcasting Surge Capacity Fund”.
(c) ReportThe annual report submitted to the President and Congress by the Broadcasting Board of Governors under section 6204(a)(9) of this title shall provide a detailed description of any activities carried out under this section.
(Pub. L. 103–236, title III, §316, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, §2031(c), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 516.)
Finding; Sense of CongressPub. L. 110–53, title XX, §2031(a), (b), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 515, provided that:
“(a) Finding.—Congress finds that the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States stated that ‘Recognizing that Arab and Muslim audiences rely on satellite television and radio, the government has begun some promising initiatives in television and radio broadcasting to the Arab world, Iran, and Afghanistan. These efforts are beginning to reach large audiences. The Broadcasting Board of Governors has asked for much larger resources. It should get them.’.
“(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that—
“(1) the United States needs to improve its communication of information and ideas to people in foreign countries, particularly in countries with significant Muslim populations; and
“(2) public diplomacy should reaffirm the paramount commitment of the United States to democratic principles, including preserving the civil liberties of all the people of the United States, including Muslim-Americans.”
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