22 U.S.C. § 2873
Section 2873 · Functions of Board
Amended 5 times on record
(a) The Board is authorized:
(1) to make grants to RFE/RL, Incorporated and, until September 30, 1995, to make grants to entities established in the privatization of certain functions of RFE/RL, Incorporated in order to carry out the purposes set forth in section 2871 of this title;
(2) to review and evaluate the mission and operation of RFE/RL, Incorporated, and to assess the quality, effectiveness and professional integrity of its broadcasting within the context of the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States;
(3) to encourage the most efficient utilization of available resources by RFE/RL, Incorporated, and to undertake, or request that RFE/RL, Incorporated, undertake, such studies as may be necessary to identify areas in which the operations of RFE/RL, Incorporated, may be made more efficient and economical;
(4) to develop and apply such financial procedures, and to make such audits of RFE/RL, Incorporated, as the Board may determine are necessary, to assure that grants are applied in accordance with the purposes for which such grants are made;
(5) to develop and apply such evaluative procedures as the Board may determine are necessary to assure that grants are applied in a manner not inconsistent with the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States Government;
(6) to appoint such staff personnel as may be necessary, subject to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and to fix their compensation in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates;
(7)(A) to procure temporary and intermittent personal services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5 at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate provided for GS–18; and
(B) to allow those providing such services, while away from their homes or their regular places of business, travel expenses (including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently, while so employed;
(8) to make available for its own use or for the use of RFE/RL, Incorporated, for official reception and representational expenses not to exceed $65,000 of the funds made available to carry out this chapter each fiscal year;
(9) to report annually to the President and the Congress on or before the 31st day of January, summarizing the activities of the Board during the year ending the preceding September 30, and reviewing and evaluating the operation of RFE/RL, Incorporated, during such year; and
(10) to prescribe such regulations as the Board deems necessary to govern the manner in which its functions shall be carried out.
(b) In carrying out the foregoing functions, the Board shall bear in mind the necessity of maintaining the professional independence and integrity of RFE/RL, Incorporated.
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 provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), are classified to section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–236 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “to make grants to RFE/RL, Incorporated, in order to carry out the purposes set forth in section 2871 of this title;”.
1978—Subsec. (a)(8) to (10). Pub. L. 95–426, §304(a)(1), (2), added par. (8) and redesignated former pars. (8) and (9) as (9) and (10), respectively.
1977—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(c)(1), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated,” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(c)(2), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated,” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty,” and “its” for “their”.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(c)(3), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated,” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty” in three places.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(c)(4), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated,” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty”.
Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(c)(5), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated,” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–105, §302(c)(6), substituted “RFE/RL, Incorporated” for “Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty”.
1976—Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 94–350 substituted as dates for the annual report “31st day of January” for “30th day of October” and “September” for “June”.
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Section 304(b) of Pub. L. 95–426 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) of this section [amending this section] does not apply with respect to funds appropriated before the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 7, 1978].”
Engineering Consultant Fees; Bar to Payment
Pub. L. 98–411, title III, §300, Aug. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 1568, provided that no such engineering consultant fees could be paid after Jan. 1, 1985, at any time the Board's Director of Engineering position was vacant, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–88, title I, §100, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 308.