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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§6037 Television Broadcasting to Cuba

Title 22 › CHAPTER 69A — CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD) › SUBCHAPTER I — STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT › § 6037

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau must change Television Martí’s TV broadcasts to Cuba so they use ultra high frequency (UHF) signals. No later than 45 days after March 12, 1996, and every three months after until the change is finished, the Director must send progress reports to the appropriate congressional committees. When a determination under section 6063(c)(3) is sent, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa and following) and the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 and following) are repealed.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6037

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(a)Conversion to UHF
The Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall implement a conversion of television broadcasting to Cuba under the Television Marti Service to ultra high frequency (UHF) broadcasting.
(b)Periodic reports
Not later than 45 days after March 12, 1996, and every three months thereafter until the conversion described in subsection (a) is fully implemented, the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress made in carrying out subsection (a).
(c)Termination of broadcasting authorities
Upon transmittal of a determination under section 6063(c)(3) of this title, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa and following) and the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 and following) are repealed.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is part D of title II of Pub. L. 101–246, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 58, which is classified principally to subchapter V–B (§ 1465aa et seq.) of chapter 18 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1465aa of this title and Tables. The Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 98–111, Oct. 4, 1983, 97 Stat. 749, which is classified generally to subchapter V–A (§ 1465 et seq.) of chapter 18 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1465 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1998—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau” for “Director of the United States Information Agency”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 6531 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6037

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110