Sec. 104. Establishment of the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Communications Agency
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There shall be a Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Communications Agency, appointed by the Board of the Agency for a five-year term, renewable at the Board’s discretion, and subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments, classification, and compensation. The Chief Executive Officer shall be selected from among United States citizens with two or more of the following qualifications: A distinguished career in managing a large organization or Federal agency.
Experience in the field of mass communications, print, or broadcast media. Experience in foreign affairs or international relations. Experience in directing United States public diplomacy programs. Immediately upon appointment of the Chief Executive Officer under subsection (a), the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall be terminated, and all of the responsibilities and authorities of the Director shall be transferred to and assumed by the Chief Executive Officer.
The Chief Executive Officer under subsection
(a)may be removed upon a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the Board of the United States International Communications Agency then serving. Any Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Communications Agency hired after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be eligible to receive compensation up to an annual rate of pay equivalent to level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.