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 PUBLIC LAW 98-164—NOV. 22, 1983 97 STAT. 1087 1983, $4,900,000 of the amount appropriated for the Board by that Ante, p. 301. Act for enhancement of (1) the pensions and cost-of-living adjust- ments of individuals who retired from RFE/RL, Incorporated, before January 1, 1976, and (2) the benefits to which surviving spouses of employees of RFE/RL, Incorporated, are entitled by virtue of the creditable service of such employees rendered before Janu- ary 1, 1976.". SALARY OF THE RFE/RL PRESIDENT SEC. 305, (a) The Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2871-2880), as amended by section 304 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SALARY OF THE RFE/RL PRESIDENT "SEC. 13. Funds made available under this Act to RFE/RL, Incor- 22 USC 2882. porated, may not be used for the salary of the President of RFE/RL, Incorporated, at an annual rate in excess of the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.". (b) The amendment made by this section applies with respect to 22 USC 2882 funds used for the salary of any President of RFE/RL, Incorporated, "°*®- who is appointed after the date of enactment of this Act. POLICY ON BROADCASTS OF RFE/RL AND THE VOICE OF AMERICA CONCERNING SOVIET RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION SEC. 306. It is the sense of the Congress that RFE/RL, Incorporated (commonly known as Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty) and the Voice of America (VGA) are to be commended for their news and editorial coverage of the increasing religious persecu- tion in the Soviet Union, including the declining levels of Jewish emigration, and are encouraged to intensify their efforts in this regard. BALTIC DIVISION SEC. 307. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by the Funding amendment made by section 302 of this Act may be used for a grant restriction. to RFE/RL, Incorporated, unless— (1) the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian radio services of RFE/RL, Incorporated, are organized as a separate division within Radio Liberty; and (2) those radio services begin broadcasts under a name which would accurately reflect United States policy of not recognizing the illegal incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the Soviet Union. POLICY ON THE JAMMING BY THE SOVIET UNION OF BROADCASTS OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA AND RFE/RL SEC. 308. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) the permanent unrestrained flow of accurate information would greatly facilitate mutual understanding and world peace; (2) the Soviet Union and its allies are at present electronically jamming the broadcasts of the Voice of America and RFE/RL,

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