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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§6544 Report on Privatization of Rfe/rl, Incorporated

Title 22 › CHAPTER 74 — FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION › SUBCHAPTER III — UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY › Part B — International Broadcasting › § 6544

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

By March 1 each year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors must send the relevant congressional committees a report on how the Board and RFE/RL, Incorporated are carrying out the policy in section 6211(a). The report must say whether RFE/RL has ended any language services, list steps taken under section 6211(a), analyze privatization chances for the next year, and assess whether U.S. funding will be needed in 2000 and later for surrogate broadcasting to the countries RFE/RL served. That assessment must describe the media situation in those countries, including government control, the ability of independent journalists, laws, harassment, censorship, and freedom of expression.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6544

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Not later than March 1 of each year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the progress of the Board and of RFE/RL, Incorporated, on any steps taken to further the policy declared in section 6211(a) of this title. The report under this subsection shall include the following:
(1)Efforts by RFE/RL, Incorporated, to terminate individual language services.
(2)A detailed description of steps taken with regard to section 6211(a) of this title.
(3)An analysis of prospects for privatization over the coming year.
(4)An assessment of the extent to which United States Government funding may be appropriate in the year 2000 and subsequent years for surrogate broadcasting to the countries to which RFE/RL, Incorporated, broadcast during the year. This assessment shall include an analysis of the environment for independent media in those countries, noting the extent of government control of the media, the ability of independent journalists and news organizations to operate, relevant domestic legislation, level of government harassment and efforts to censor, and other indications of whether the people of such countries enjoy freedom of expression.

Legislative History

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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.

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22 U.S.C. § 6544

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102