Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 71 — United States International Broadcasting
§ 6206. Grantee corporate boards of directors
Statutory text
In general
The corporate board of directors of each grantee under this chapter—
shall be bipartisan;
shall, except as otherwise provided in this Act, have the sole responsibility to operate their respective grantees within the jurisdiction of their respective States of incorporation;
shall be composed of not fewer than 5 members, who shall be qualified individuals who are not employed in the public sector; and
shall appoint successors in the event of vacancies on their respective boards, in accordance with applicable bylaws.
Not Federal employees
No employee of any grantee under this chapter may be a Federal employee.
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.
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–236 title III § 307 · 108 Stat. 382
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6206
(Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 307, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCVII, § 9704, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3914.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 307, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCVII, § 9704, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3914.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 307. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU. (a) Establishment.— There is hereby established an International Broadcasting Bureau within the United States Information Agency (hereafter in this title referred to as the “Bureau”), to carry out all nonmilitary international broadcasting activities supported by the United States Government other than those described in sections 308 and 309. (b) Selection of the Director of the Bureau.— (1) The Director of the Bureau shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Board, in consultation with the Director of the United States Information Agency and with the concurrence of a majority of the Board. The Director of the Bureau shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule. (2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, the United States Information Agency.”.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of Pub. L. 103–236, , 108 Stat. 432, known as the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title III to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables.
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is Pub. L. 103–236, , 108 Stat. 382, known as the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1994 Amendment note set out under section 2651 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6206, Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 307, , 108 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1323(k), , 112 Stat. 2681–780, related to the International Broadcasting Bureau, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1288(4), , 130 Stat. 2552.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Personal Services Contracting Pilot Program
Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title V, § 504, , 116 Stat. 1393, as amended by Pub. L. 109–140, § 6, , 119 Stat. 2652; Pub. L. 109–472, § 9, , 120 Stat. 3556; Pub. L. 110–161, div. J, title VI, § 634(r), , 121 Stat. 2330; Pub. L. 110–321, § 5, , 122 Stat. 3536, authorized the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau to establish a pilot program for the purpose of hiring United States citizens or aliens as personal services contractors for service in the United States as broadcasters and other broadcasting specialists in the International Broadcasting Bureau, and provided that such authority would terminate on . Subsequent laws incrementally extended the authority until .
Credits
(Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 307, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCVII, § 9704, , 136 Stat. 3914.)