PROMOTING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND COUNTERING CENSORSHIP AND SURVEILLANCE IN NORTH KOREA.

SEC. 5584. PROMOTING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND COUNTERING CENSORSHIP AND SURVEILLANCE IN NORTH KOREA. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Agency for Global Media an additional $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 to provide increased broadcasting and grants for the following purposes: (1) To promote the development of internet freedom tools, technologies, and new approaches, including both digital and non-digital means of information sharing related to North Korea. (2) To explore public-private partnerships to counter North Korea’s repressive censorship and surveillance state. (3) To develop new means to protect the privacy and identity of individuals receiving media from the United States Agency for Global Media and other outside media outlets from within North Korea. (4) To bolster existing programming from the United States Agency for Global Media by restoring the broadcasting capacity of damaged antennas caused by Typhoon Yutu in 2018. (b) Annual Reports.—Section 104(a)(7)(B) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814(a)(7)(B)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)— (A) by striking “1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph” and inserting “September 30, 2022”; and (B) by striking “Broadcasting Board of Governors” and inserting “Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media”; and (2) in clause (i), by inserting after “this section” the following: “and sections 5583 and 5584 of the Otto Warmbier Countering North Korean Censorship and Surveillance Act of 2022”.