Pub. L. 105-261, div. C, tit. XXXIX, sec. 3903

REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

EnactedYear: 1998Length: 134 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 3903. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (a) Report.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the board’s efforts to increase broadcasting by Radio Free Asia and Voice of America to China and Tibet. This report shall include an analysis of Chinese government control of the media, the ability of independent journalists and news organizations to operate in China, and the results of any research conducted to quantify listenership. (b) Definition.— As used in this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.