22 U.S.C. § 2872
Section 2872 · Board for International Broadcasting
Amended 5 times on record
There is established a Board for International Broadcasting (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”).
The Board shall consist of ten members, one of whom shall be an ex officio member. The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nine voting members, one of whom the President shall designate as chairman. Not more than five of the members of the Board appointed by the President shall be of the same political party. The chief operating executive of RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall be an ex officio member of the Board and may participate in the activities of the Board, but may not vote in the determinations of the Board.
Members of the Board appointed by the President shall be citizens of the United States who are not concurrently regular full-time employees of the United States Government. Such members shall be selected by the President from among Americans distinguished in the fields of foreign policy or mass communications.
The term of office of each member of the Board appointed by the President shall be three years, except that the terms of office of the individuals initially appointed as the four additional voting members of the Board who are provided for by the Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983, shall be one, two, or three years (as designated by the President at the time of their appointment) so that the terms of one-third of the voting members of the Board expire each year. The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, members to fill vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of a term, in which case the members so appointed shall serve for the remainder of such term. Any member whose term has expired may serve until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified.
The ex officio member of the Board shall serve on the Board during his or her term of service as chief operating executive of RFE/RL, Incorporated.
Members of the Board appointed by the President shall, while attending meetings of the Board or while engaged in duties relating to such meetings or in other activities of the Board pursuant to this section, including traveltime, be entitled to receive compensation equal to the daily equivalent of the compensation prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5. While away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. The ex officio member of the Board shall not be entitled to any compensation under this chapter, but may be allowed travel expenses as provided in the preceding sentence.
The Board may, to the extent it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this chapter, procure supplies, services, and other personal property, including specialized electronic equipment.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Repeal of Section
Section repealed effective Sept. 30, 1995, or the date on which all members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors within the U.S. Information Agency established under section 6203 of this title are confirmed, whichever is earlier, see section 6209(e) of this title.
References in Text
The Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is Pub. L. 97–241, title IV, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 295, which enacted section 2880 of this title, amended sections 2872 and 2877 of this title, and enacted a provision set out as a note under section 2871 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2871 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1982—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 97–241, §403(b)(1), increased the Board from seven members to ten, provided that one member instead of two be an ex officio member, authorized the President to appoint nine voting members, not more than five from the same political party, instead of five voting members, not more than three from the same political party, struck out provision that the chairman of the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Inc. be an ex officio member of the Board, and made the chief operating executive's participation on the Board permissive rather than mandatory.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 97–241, §403(b)(2), substituted provision that the term of office of each member appointed by the President be three years, except the terms of office of the four additional voting members, which are to be designated by the President at the time of appointment as one, two, or three years so that the terms of one-third of the voting members of the Board expire each year, for provision that in appointing the initial voting members, the President designate three of the members to serve for a term of three years and two members to serve for a term of two years, with the term of each member appointed thereafter to be three years, and inserted “or her” before “successor”.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 97–241, §403(b)(2), substituted provisions that the ex officio member of the Board serve as chief operating executive of RFE/RL, Incorporated, for provision that an ex officio member of the Board serve as chief operating executive or chairman of the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated.
1978—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95–426, §303(1), substituted “The Board shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be ex officio members” for “The Board shall consist of six members, one of whom shall be an ex officio member”, and “and the chairman of the Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall be ex officio members” for “of RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall be an ex officio member”.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 95–426, §303(2), substituted “An ex officio member” for “The ex officio member”, “during his or her term” for “during his term”, inserted “or as chairman of the Board” after “executive” and “as the case may be” after “Incorporated”.
1977—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(b)(1), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated,” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty”.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(b)(2), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty”.
1976—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 94–350, §302(a)(1), substituted in first sentence “six members, one of whom shall be an ex officio member” for “seven members, two of whom shall be ex officio members” and in fourth sentence “Radio Liberty shall be an ex officio member” for “the chief operating executive of Radio Liberty shall be ex officio members”.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 94–350, §302(a)(2), substituted “The ex officio member of the Board shall serve on the Board during his term of service as chief operating executive of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty” for “Ex officio members of the Board shall serve on the Board during their terms of service as chief operating executives of Radio Free Europe or Radio Liberty”.
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 94–350, §302(a)(3), substituted in third sentence “The ex officio member” for “Ex officio members”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–350, §302(b), added subsec. (c).