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2009 Bill to reorganise US International Broadcasting


http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.363:

H.R. 363, A Bill to Amend the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to Reorganize United States International Broadcasting, and For Other Purposes, U.S. House of Representatives, January 9, 2009. Introduced by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and co-sponsored by Reps. Dan Burton (R-IN), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), and Edward Royce (R-CA). H.R. 363 would abolish the existing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and establish an independent United States International Broadcasting Agency. The new agency would be headed by a Presidentially appointed Board of Governors (structured in the same manner as the BBG). Broadcasting activities would be carried out by a Director appointed by majority vote of the Board under authorities delegated by the Board.




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