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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 36-JAN. 27, 1948 Availability of press releases, etc. 60 Stat. 754 . 0U.S.C.app. i§ 1619,1641. media, and through information centers and instructors abroad. Any such press release or radio script, on request, shall be available in the English language at the Department of State, at all reasonable times following its release as information abroad, for examination by rep- resentatives of United States press associations, newspapers, maga- zines, radio systems, and stations, and, on request, shall be made avail- able to Members of Congress. POLICIES GOVERNING INFORMATION ACTIVITIES SEC. 502. In authorizing international information activities under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress (1) that the Secretary shall reduce such Government information activities whenever correspond- ing private information dissemination is found to be adequate; (2) that nothing in this Act shall be construed to give the Department a monopoly in the production or sponsorship on the air of short-wave broadcasting programs, or a monopoly in any other medium of information. TITLE VI-ADVISORY COMMISSIONS TO FORMULATE POLICIES SEB. 601. There are hereby created two advisory commissions, (1) United States Advisory Commission on Information (hereinafter in this title referred to as the Commission on Information) and (2) United States Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange (here- inafter in this title referred to as the Commission on Educational Exchange) to be constituted as provided in section 602. The Com- missions shall formulate and recommend to the Secretary policies and programs for the carrying out of this Act: Provided, however, That the commissions created by this section shall have no authority over the Board of Foreign Scholarships or the program created by Public Law 584 of the Seventy-ninth Congress, enacted August 1, 1946, or the United States National Commission for UNESCO. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 602. (a) Each Commission shall consist of five members, not more than three of whom shall be from any one political party. Members shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. No person holding any compensated Fed- eral or State office shall be eligible for appointment. (b) The members of the Commission on Information shall represent the public interest, and shall be selected from a cross section of pro- fessional, business, and public service backgrounds. (c) The members of the Commission on Educational Exchange shall represent the public interest and shall be selected from a cross section of educational, cultural, scientific, technical, and public service back- grounds. Termof offce. (d) The term of each member appointed under subsection (a) of this section shall be three years, except that the terms of office of such members first taking office on each Commission shall expire, as desig- nated by the President at the time of appointment, two at the end of one year, two at the end of two years, and one at the end of three years from the date of the enactment of this Act. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor is appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. Upon the expiration of his term of office any member may continue to serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified. 10 [62 STAT.

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