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22 U.S.C. § 1464b — Voice of America hiring practices
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**(a) Prohibition** After February 16, 1990, the Voice of America shall not select candidates for employment who must be or are preapproved for employment at the Voice of America by a foreign government or an entity controlled by a foreign government.
**(b) Exception** The prohibition referred to in this section shall not apply to—
(1) participants in the Voice of America’s exchange programs; or
(2) clerical, technical, or maintenance staff at Voice of America offices in foreign countries.
**(c) Report** If the Broadcasting Board of Governors determines that the prohibition under subsection (a) would require the termination of a specific Voice of America foreign language service, then, not less than 90 days before the Board begins to recruit such candidates, the Board shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report concerning—
(1) the number and location of speakers of the applicable foreign language who could be recruited by the Voice of America without violating this section; and
(2) the efforts made by the Voice of America to recruit such individuals for employment.
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**(a) Prohibition** After February 16, 1990, the Voice of America shall not select candidates for employment who must be or are preapproved for employment at the Voice of America by a foreign government or an entity controlled by a foreign government.
**(b) Exception** The prohibition referred to in this section shall not apply to—
(1) participants in the Voice of America’s exchange programs; or
(2) clerical, technical, or maintenance staff at Voice of America offices in foreign countries.
**(c) Report** If the Broadcasting Board of Governors determines that the prohibition under subsection (a) would require the termination of a specific Voice of America foreign language service, then, not less than 90 days before the Board begins to recruit such candidates, the Board shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report concerning—
(1) the number and location of speakers of the applicable foreign language who could be recruited by the Voice of America without violating this section; and
(2) the efforts made by the Voice of America to recruit such individuals for employment.
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The United States Information Agency (other than the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau) is abolished.
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Page 367
TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 1465
for ‘‘Director of the United States Information Agen-
cy’’ after ‘‘statement by the’’ and for ‘‘United States
Information Agency’’ after ‘‘available to the’’.
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1335(a)(1)(B), sub-
stituted
‘‘Broadcasting
Board
of
Governors’’
for
‘‘United States Information Agency’’.
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 May 24, 2018, and became effective Aug. 22, 2018.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 1, 1999,
see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effec-
tive Date note under section 6531 of this title.
TELEVISION SERVICE OF USIA
Pub. L. 100–204, title II, § 207, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1374, which provided that the television and film serv-
ice of the United States Information Agency was to op-
erate under same criteria and conditions as specified
for Voice of America by section 1463 of this title, was
repealed by Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII,
§ 1336(7), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–790.
§ 1464b. Voice of America hiring practices
(a) Prohibition
After February 16, 1990, the Voice of America
shall not select candidates for employment who
must be or are preapproved for employment at
the Voice of America by a foreign government
or an entity controlled by a foreign government.
(b) Exception
The prohibition referred to in this section
shall not apply to—
(1) participants in the Voice of America’s ex-
change programs; or
(2) clerical, technical, or maintenance staff
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