Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 71 — United States International Broadcasting
§ 6216. Special authority for surge capacity
Statutory text
Emergency authority
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 United States Agency for Global Media 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.
Supersedes existing law
The authority of paragraph (1) shall supersede any other provision of law.
Surge capacity defined
In 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.
Duration
The 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.
Authorization of appropriations
In general
There 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 $25,000,000.
Availability of funds
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.
Designation of appropriations
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in this subsection may be referred to as the “United States International Broadcasting Surge Capacity Fund”.
Report
The annual report submitted to the President and Congress by the United States Agency for Global Media under section 6204(a)(9) of this title shall provide a detailed description of any activities carried out under this section.
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.
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
Pub. L. 103–236 title III § 316 · 108 Stat. 382
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6216
Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 316, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2031(c), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 516
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 316, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2031(c), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 516William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title XII § 1299Q(e)(11) · 134 Stat. 3388
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 6216(a)(1); 22 U.S.C. § 6216(a)(c)
Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “United States Agency for Global Media” for “Broadcasting Board of Governors”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (a)(1), (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “United States Agency for Global Media” for “Broadcasting Board of Governors”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(11) in section 316— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “Broadcasting Board of Governors” and inserting “United States Agency for Global Media”; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking “Broadcasting Board of Governors” and inserting “United States Agency for Global Media”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, § 1299Q(e)(11), , 134 Stat. 4026, which amended this section, was itself amended by Pub. L. 116–260, div. O, title XIII, § 1301, , 134 Stat. 2158, to make it effective 90 days after . However, the amendment by Pub. L. 116–260 could not be executed because it was enacted before the provision from Pub. L. 116–283 that it amended.
Amendments
2021—Subsecs. (a)(1), (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “United States Agency for Global Media” for “Broadcasting Board of Governors”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Finding; Sense of Congress
Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2031(a), (b), , 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 [now United States Agency for Global Media] 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.”
Credits
2007–2021 · 2 acts
- 2007Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 316, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2031(c), , 121 Stat. 516
- 2021amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, § 1299Q(e)(11), , 134 Stat. 4026.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 103–236, title III, § 316, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2031(c), , 121 Stat. 516; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, § 1299Q(e)(11), , 134 Stat. 4026.)