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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 426

23 UST 3813. Report.

PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985 (2)(A) To ensure that rates established by Intelsat for such routes are cost-based, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall instruct the United States signatory to Intelsat to ensure that sufficient documentation, including documentation regarding revenues and costs, is provided by Intelsat so as to verify that such rates are in fact cost-based. (B) To the maximum extent possible, such documenation will be made available to interested parties on a timely basis. (3) Pursuant to the consultation under paragraph (1) and taking the steps prescribed in paragraph (2) to provide documentation, the United States shall support an appropriate modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement to accomplish the purpose described in paragraph (1). (d) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—In the event that, after United States consultation with Intelsat for the purposes of coordination under article XlV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement for the establishment of a separate international telecommunications satellite system, the Assembly of Parties of Intelsat fails to recommend such a separate system, and the President determines to pursue the establishment of a separate system notwithstanding the Assembly's failure to approve such system, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the Congress a detailed report which shall set forth— (1) the foreign policy reasons for the President's determination, and (2) a plan for minimizing any negative effects of the President's action on Intelsat and on United States foreign policy interests. (e) NOTIFICATION TO FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.—In

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the event the Secretary of State submits a report under subsection (d), the Secretary, 60 calendar days after the receipt by the Congress of such report, shall notify the Federal Communications Commission as to whether the United States obligations under article XlV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met. (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State shall act in accordance with Executive order 12046. (g) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term "separate international telecommunications satellite system" or "separate system" means a system of one or more telecommunications satellites separate from the Intelsat space segment which is established to provide international telecommunications services between points within the United States and points outside the United States, except that such term shall not include any satellite or system of satellites established— (1) primarily for domestic telecommunications purposes and which incidentally provides services on an ancillary basis to points outside the jurisdiction of the United States but within the western hemisphere, or (2) solely for unique governmental purposes. SEC. 147. SOVIET AND COMMUNIST DISINFORMATION MANIPULATION.

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare, in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal departments and agencies, and shall