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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-778 ! - Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau as the Inspector General exercises under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 with respect to the Department of State. "(B) RESPECT FOR JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY OF BROAD- CASTERS.— The Inspector General shall respect the journalistic integrity of £ul the broadcasters covered by this title and may not evaluate the philosophical or political perspectives reflected in the content of broadcasts.". SEC. 1323. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT OF 1994. (a) REFERENCES IN SECTION.—Whenever in this section an amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment or repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to be made to the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.). (b) SUBSTITUTION OF SECRETARY OF STATE. —Sections 304(b)(1)(B), 304(b)(2) and (3), 304(c), and 304(e) (22 U.S.C. 6203(b)(1)(B), 6203(b)(2) and (3), 6203(c), and 6203(e)) are amended by striking "Director of the United States Information Agency" each place it appears and inserting "Secretary of State". (c) SUBSTITUTION OF ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE.— Section 304(c) (22 U.S.C. 6203(c)) is amended by striking "acting Director of the agency" and inserting "Acting Secretary of State". (d) STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST- ING. — Section 303(b) (22 U.S.C. 6202(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ", including editorials, broadcast by the Voice of America, which present the views of the United States Government" after "policies"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: "(4) the capability to provide a surge capacity to support United States foreign policy objectives during crises abroad;"; (e) AUTHORITIES OF THE BOARD. —Section 305(a) (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking "direct and"; and (B) by striking "and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act" and inserting ", the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and Worldnet Television, except as provided in section 306(b)"; (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ", after consultation with the Secretary of State," after "annually,"; (3) in paragraph (9)— (A) by striking ", through the Director of the United States Information Agency,"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Each annual report shall place special emphasis on the assessment described in paragraph (2)."; (4) in paragraph (12)— (A) by striking "1994 and 1995" and inserting "1998 and 1999"; and (B) by striking "to the Board for International Broadcasting for such purposes for fiscal year 1993" and inserting

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