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 97 STAT. 750 PUBLIC LAW 98-111—OCT. 4, 1983 Leased time from nongovern- mental stations. 22 USC 1463. Frequency jamming or interference, leased time. FCC monitoring. 22 USC 1463. Program designations. commercial Amplitude Modulation (AM) Band (535 kHz to 1605 kHz), may also be simultaneously utilized: Provided, That no fre- quency shall be used for radio broadcasts to Cuba in accordance with this Act which is not also used for all other Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba. Time leased from nongovernmental shortwave radio stations may be used to carry all or part of the Service programs and to rebroadcast Service programs: Provided, That not less than 30 per centum of the programs broadcast or rebroadcast shall be regular Voice of America broadcasts with particular empha- sis on news and programs meeting the requirements of section 503(2) of Public Law 80-402. (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), in the event that broadcasts to Cuba on the 1180 AM frequency are subject to jamming or interfer- ence greater by 25 per centum or more than the average daily jamming or interference in the twelve months preceding September 1, 1983, the Director of the United States Information Agency may lease time on commercial or noncommercial educational AM band radio broadcasting stations. The Federal Communications Commis- sion shall determine levels ofjamming and interference by conduct- ing regular monitoring of the 1180 AM frequency. In the event that more than two hours a day of time is leased, not less than 30 per centum of the programing broadcast shall be regular Voice of America broadcasts with particular emphasis on news and programs meeting the requirements of section 503(2) of Public Law 80-402. (e) Any program of United States Government radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section shall be designated "Voice of Amer- ica: Cuba Service" or "Voice of America: Radio Marti program". (f) In the event broadcasting facilities located at Marathon, Flor- ida, are rendered inoperable by natural disaster or by unlawful destruction, the Director of the United States Information Agency may, for the period in which the facilities are inoperable but not to exceed one hundred and fifty days, usc other United States Govern- ment-owned transmission facilities for Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this Act. Establishment. 22 USC 1465b. CUBA SERVICE OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA SEC. 4. The Director of the United States Information Agency shall establish within the Voice of America a Cuba Service (hereaf- ter in this section referred to as the "Service"). The Service shall be responsible for all radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by section 3. The Director of the United States Information Agency shall appoint a head of the Service and shall employ such staff as the head of the Service may need to carry out his duties. The Cuba Service shall be administered separately from other Voice of America functions and the head of the Cuba Service shall report directly to the Director and the Associate Director for Broadcasting of the United States Information Agency. Establishment. 22 USC 1465c. BOARD FOR RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA SEC. 5. (a) There is established within the Office of the President the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Board"). The Board shall consist of nine members, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom not more than five shall be members

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