2019 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 18 - United States Information and Educational Exchange Programs
Subchapter V - Dissemination Abroad of Information About the United States
Sec. 1462 - Policies governing information activities
| 22 U.S.C. § 1462 (2019) |
| §1462. Policies governing information activities |
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In authorizing international information activities under this chapter, it is the sense of the Congress (1) that the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall reduce such Government information activities whenever corresponding private information dissemination is found to be adequate; (2) that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give the Department or the Broadcasting Board of Governors a monopoly in the production or sponsorship on the air of short-wave broadcasting programs, or a monopoly in any other medium of information. |
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(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title V, §502, 62 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1078(d)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1958.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2013—Pub. L. 112–239 inserted "and the Broadcasting Board of Governors" after "Secretary" and "or the Broadcasting Board of Governors" after "Department". CHANGE OF NAMEBroadcasting Board of Governors renamed United States Agency for Global Media pursuant to section 6204(a)(22) of this title. The renaming was effectuated by notice to congressional appropriations committees dated May 24, 2018, and became effective Aug. 22, 2018. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 112–239 effective and applicable on the date that is 180 days after Jan. 2, 2013, see section 1078(e) of Pub. L. 112–239, set out as a note under section 1437 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
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| Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 18 - UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER V - DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES Sec. 1462 - Policies governing information activities |
| section 1462 |
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| January 24, 2020 |
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| 62 Stat. 10 126 Stat. 1958 |
| Public Law 112-239 |
