Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§1462 Policies Governing Information Activities

Title 22 › Chapter 18— UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS › Subchapter V— DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES › § 1462

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress directs the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board to reduce government information programs when private outlets suffice, and bars them from monopolizing short-wave or other media.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1462

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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 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.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1462

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60