§8927 Expanded Broadcasting in Countries of the Former Soviet Union

Summary

The Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors must send Congress, within 90 days after December 18, 2014, a plan with a cost estimate to quickly and greatly increase U.S.-funded Russian-language broadcasting into the countries of the former Soviet Union and keep that increase through fiscal year 2017, to counter Russian propaganda. The plan must put Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova first for Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and should also consider boosting broadcasts to other former Soviet states (including Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) and in other key languages (including Ukrainian and Romanian). "Broadcasting" means sending content by radio, television, the Internet, and similar platforms. Congress may appropriate $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 to the Broadcasting Board of Governors for this work, and those amounts must add to, not replace, other funds for these activities.