Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 4.djvu/135

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PUBLIC LAW 106-484—NOV. 9, 2000 114 STAT. 2197 (B) was performing service in Asia in direct support of military operations in the Korean peninsula. SEC. 4. BROADCASTING INFORMATION ON THE "BRING THEM HOME 8 USC 1157 note. ALIVE" PROGRAM. (a) REQUIREMENT. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The International Broadcasting Bureau shall broadcast, through WORLDNET Television and Film Service and Radio, VOA-TV, VOA Radio, or otherwise, information that promotes the "Bring Them Home Alive" refugee program under this Act to foreign countries covered by paragraph (2). (2) COVERED COUNTRIES. — The foreign countries covered by paragraph (1) are— (A) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, and North Korea; and (B) Russia and the other independent states of the former Soviet Union. (b) LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING.—The International Broadcasting Bureau shall broadcast— (1) at least 20 hours of the programming described in subsection (a)(1) during the 30-day period that begins 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) at least 10 hours of the programming described in subsection (a)(1) in each calendar quarter during the period beginning with the first calendar quarter that begins after the date of enactment of this Act and ending five years after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.— The International Broadcasting Bureau shall ensure that information regarding the "Bring Them Home Alive" refugee program under this Act is readily available on the World Wide Web sites of the Bureau. (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —I t is the sense of Congress that RFE/RL, Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and any other recipient of Federal grants that engages in international broadcasting to the countries covered by subsection (a)(2) should broadcast information similar to the information required to be broadcast by subsection (a)(1). (e) DEFINITION. —The term "International Broadcasting Bureau" means the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States Information Agency or, on and after the effective date of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as contained in division G of Public Law 105-277), the International Broadcasting Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.