VOICE OF AMERICA HIRING PRACTICES.

SEC. 232. VOICE OF AMERICA HIRING PRACTICES. Title V of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 506. VOICE OF AMERICA HIRING PRACTICES. “(a) Prohibition.— After the date of enactment of this section, the Voice of America shall not select candidates for employment who must be or are preapproved for employment at the Voice of America by a foreign government or an entity controlled by a foreign government. “(b) Exception.— The prohibition referred to in this section shall not apply to— “(1) participants in the Voice of America’s exchange programs; or “(2) clerical, technical, or maintenance staff at Voice of America offices in foreign countries. “(c) Report.— If the Director of the United States Information Agency determines that the prohibition under subsection (a) would require the termination of a specific Voice of America foreign language service, then, not less than 90 days before the Agency begins to recruit such candidates, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report concerning— “(1) the number and location of speakers of the applicable foreign language who could be recruited by the Voice of America without violating this section; and “(2) the efforts made by the Voice of America to recruit such individuals for employment.”.