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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987

PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1375

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall submit a report to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs containing— (1) the best estimate by the company performing the audience survey of the number of persons in Europe who watch, on a daily basis, the passive (noninteractive) shows of USIA's Worldnet Program. Such estimate shall include the number of persons who watch a part of the daily passive (noninteractive) shows of USIA's Worldnet Program and the number of persons who watch such programs in their entirety; (2) a description of the demographic composition and nationality of the persons watching such programs; and (3) the entire report prepared by the company conducting the survey. (d) NOTIFICATION OF SELECTED SURVEYOR.—At least 30 days prior Contracts. to the approval by the Director of the United States Information Agency of a contract with a company conducting the survey required by this section, the Director shall provide the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee of the name of the company selected to conduct the survey together with a copy of the proposed contract. (e) LIMITATION.—No funds authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency shall be expended after October 1, 1988, on the production or acquisition of passive (noninteractive) programs for USIA's Worldnet television service unless— (1) the survey required by this section has been completed in the manner described by this section; (2) the report required by this section, along with a copy of the survey results, has been submitted to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (3) the survey shows with a high degree of reliability that the average daily European audience for the passive (noninteractive) programs of USIA's Worldnet television service is not less than 2,000,000 viewers. SEC. 210. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.

In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, there are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency $17,500,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $18,100,000 for the fiscal year 1989 to be available only for a grant to the National Endowment for Democracy for carrying out its purposes, of which not less than $250,000 for the fiscal year 1988 shall be used to support elements of the free press, including free radio, and the democratic civic opposition inside Nicaragua which espouse democratic principles and objectives. As is the case with all programs of the National Endowment for Democracy, no employee of any department, agency, or other component of the United States Government may participate, directly or indirectly, in controlling and directing the use of these funds to the free press and democratic civic opposition inside Nicaragua.

Nicaragua.