Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 18 — United States Information and Educational Exchange Programs
§ 1462. Policies governing information activities
Statutory text
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 80–36 · 62 Stat. 6
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1462
Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title V, § 502, 62 Stat. 10
Source evidence
Code source credit
Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title V, § 502, 62 Stat. 10National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Pub. L. 112–239 div. A title X § 1078(d)(1) · 126 Stat. 1632
Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 1462
Pub. L. 112–239 inserted “and the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Secretary” and “or the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Department”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 112–239 inserted “and the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Secretary” and “or the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Department”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in section 502 (22 U.S.C. 1462)— (A) by inserting “and the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Secretary”; and (B) by inserting “or the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Department”; andEffective date note
Amendment 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.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2013—Pub. L. 112–239 inserted “and the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Secretary” and “or the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Department”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Broadcasting Board of Governors renamed United States Agency for Global Media pursuant to section 6204(a)(21) of this title. The renaming was effectuated by notice to congressional appropriations committees dated , and became effective .
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–239 effective and applicable on the date that is 180 days after , see section 1078(e) of Pub. L. 112–239, set out as a note under section 1437 of this title.
Credits
1948–2013 · 2 acts
- 1948Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title V, § 502, 62 Stat. 10
- 2013Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1078(d)(1), , 126 Stat. 1958.
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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), , 126 Stat. 1958.)