Sec. 1259D. Establishment of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief Executive Officer Position
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The United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 ( 22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq. ; Public Law 103–236 ) is amended— by amending section 304 ( 22 U.S.C. 6203 ) to read as follows: The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall continue to exist within the Executive branch of Government as an entity described in section 104 of title 5, United States Code. The head of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall be a Chief Executive Officer, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The President shall nominate the Chief Executive Officer not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section. Until such time as a Chief Executive Officer is appointed and has qualified, the current or acting Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Board may continue to serve and exercise the authorities and powers under this Act. The first Chief Executive Officer appointed pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall serve for an initial term of three years. A Chief Executive Officer appointed pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. Immediately upon appointment of the Chief Executive Officer under subsection (b), the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall be terminated, and all of the responsibilities, authorities, and immunities of the Director or the Board under this or any other Act or authority before the date of the enactment of this section shall be transferred to and assumed or overseen by the Chief Executive Officer, as head of the agency. Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors in office as of the date of the enactment of this section may serve the remainder of their terms of office in an advisory capacity, but such terms may not be extended beyond the date on which such terms are set to expire. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all limitations on liability that apply to the Chief Executive Officer shall also apply to members of the board of directors of RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, or any organization that consolidates such entities when such members are acting in their official capacities. ; and in section 305 ( 22 U.S.C. 6204 )— in subsection (a)— by striking Board each place it appears and inserting Chief Executive Officer ; in paragraph (1), by inserting direct and before supervise ; in paragraph (5)— by inserting and cooperative agreements after grants ; and by striking sections 308 and 309 and inserting this Act, and on behalf of other agencies, accordingly ; in paragraph (6), by striking subject to the limitations in sections 308 and 309 and ; in paragraph (11), by inserting not before subject ; in paragraph (15)(A), by striking— temporary and intermittent ; and to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 308(a), to condition, if appropriate, any grant or cooperative agreement to RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks on authority to determine membership of their respective boards, and the consolidation of such entities into a single grantee organization. To redirect funds within the scope of any grant or cooperative agreement, or between grantees, as necessary, and to condition grants or cooperative agreements, if appropriate, on similar amendments as authorized under section 308(a) to meet the purposes of this Act. To change the name of the Board pursuant to congressional notification 60 days prior to any such change. ; by striking subsections
(b)and (c); and by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (b).
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Sec. 1259D
Establishment of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief Executive Officer Position
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-236
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