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 104 STAT. 62 PUBLIC LAW 101-246—FEB. 16, 1990 22 USC 1465c note. 22 USC 1465dd. 22 USC 1465ee. Reports. President of U.S. Reports. 22 USC 1465ff. (d) STAFF DIRECTOR. —The Board shall have a staff director who shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting. SEC. 246. ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. In order to assist the United States Information Agency in carry- ing out the provisions of this part, any agency or instrumentality of the United States may sell, loan, lease, or grant property (including interests therein) and may perform administrative and technical support and services at the request of the Agency. SEC. 247. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — In addition to amounts otherwise made available under section 201 for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year 1991 for television broadcasting to Cuba in accordance with the provisions of this part. 0)) LIMITATION. — (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) may be obligated or expended unless the President determines and notifies the appropriate committees of Congress that the test of television broadcasting to Cuba (as authorized by title V of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459)) has demonstrated television broadcasting to Cuba is feasible and will not cause objectionable interference with the broadcasts of incumbent domestic licensees. The Federal Communications Commission shall furnish to the appropriate committees of Congress all interim and final reports and other appropriate documentation concerning objectionable interference from television broadcasting to Cuba to incumbent domestic licensees. (2) Not less than 30 days before the President makes the determination under paragraph (1), the President shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress which includes the findings of the test of television broadcasting to Cuba. The period for the test of television broadcasting may be extended until— (A) the date of the determination and notification by the President under paragraph (1), or (B) 30 days, whichever comes first. SEC. 248. DEFINITIONS. As used in this part— (1) the term "licensee" has the meaning provided in section 3(c) of the Communications Act of 1934; (2) the term "incumbent domestic licensee" means a licensee as provided in section 3(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 that was broadcasting a television signal as of January 1, 1989; (3) the term "objectionable interference" shall be applied in the same manner as such term is applied under regulations of the Federal Communications Commission to other domestic broadcasters; and (4) the term "appropriate committees of Congress" includes the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on

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