In authorizing international information activities under this chapter, it is the sense of the Congress (1) that the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall reduce such Government information activities whenever corresponding private information dissemination is found to be adequate; (2) that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give the Department or the Broadcasting Board of Governors a monopoly in the production or sponsorship on the air of short-wave broadcasting programs, or a monopoly in any other medium of information.
Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 3662 Stat. 10Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1078(d)(1)126 Stat. 1958(, title V, § 502, ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 112–2392013— inserted “and the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Secretary” and “or the Broadcasting Board of Governors” after “Department”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 6204(a)(21) of this titleBroadcasting Board of Governors renamed United States Agency for Global Media pursuant to . The renaming was effectuated by notice to congressional appropriations committees dated , and became effective .
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–239section 1078(e) of Pub. L. 112–239section 1437 of this titleAmendment by effective and applicable on the date that is 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .