§6205. Role of Secretary of State

(a) Foreign policy guidance

To assist the Board in carrying out its functions, the Secretary of State shall provide information and guidance on foreign policy issues to the Board, as the Secretary may deem appropriate.

(b) Certain Worldnet programming

The Secretary of State is authorized to use Worldnet broadcasts for the purposes of continuing interactive dialogues with foreign media and other similar overseas public diplomacy programs sponsored by the Department of State. The Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall provide access to Worldnet for this purpose on a nonreimbursable basis.

( Pub. L. 103–236, title III, §306, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 436 ; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, §1323(j), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–780 .)

Amendments

1998-Pub. L. 105–277, §1323(j)(1), substituted "Role of Secretary of State" for "Foreign policy guidance" in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277, §1323(j)(2)–(4), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted "State" for "State, acting through the Director of the United States Information Agency,", and inserted before period at end ", as the Secretary may deem appropriate".

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277, §1323(j)(5), added subsec. (b).

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6531 of this title.