2013 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 71 - UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING (§§ 6201 - 6216)
Section 6205 - Role of Secretary of State
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 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. 6205 - Role of Secretary of State |
| Contains | section 6205 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-236, title III, §306, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, §1323(j), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-780. |
| Statutes at Large References | 108 Stat. 436 112 Stat. 2681-780 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 103-236, Public Law 105-277 |
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To assist the Board in carrying out its functions, the Secretary of State shall provide information and guidance on foreign policy issues to the Board, as the Secretary may deem appropriate.
(b) Certain Worldnet programmingThe Secretary of State is authorized to use Worldnet broadcasts for the purposes of continuing interactive dialogues with foreign media and other similar overseas public diplomacy programs sponsored by the Department of State. The Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall provide access to Worldnet for this purpose on a nonreimbursable basis.
(Pub. L. 103–236, title III, §306, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, §1323(j), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–780.)
AMENDMENTS1998—Pub. L. 105–277, §1323(j)(1), substituted "Role of Secretary of State" for "Foreign policy guidance" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277, §1323(j)(2)–(4), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted "State" for "State, acting through the Director of the United States Information Agency,", and inserted before period at end ", as the Secretary may deem appropriate".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277, §1323(j)(5), added subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENTAmendment 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.
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