AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Amendment to Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973.— Subparagraph (A) of section 8(a)(1) of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2877(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: “(A) $180,330,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $187,543,000 for the fiscal year 1991, at April 21, 1989, exchange rates, and such additional amounts for each such fiscal year as may be necessary to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates after such date; and”. (b) Radio Transmitter Construction and Modernization.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Board for International Broadcasting for radio transmitter construction and modernization $15,845,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1991. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended. (c) Broadcasting Relay Station in Israel.— (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Board for International Broadcasting for the costs associated with construction of a relay station in Israel, $183,500,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $23,500,000 for the fiscal year 1991. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended. (2) To the extent not precluded by the international agreement with the host foreign country of June 18, 1987, and to the extent practicable, not less than 10 percent of the amounts which are authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), and which are available for contracts with United States contractors, shall be made available only for contracts and subcontracts with economically and socially disadvantaged enterprises (within the meaning of section 133(c)(5) of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977).