International Broadcasting Act

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International Broadcasting Act

Other short titles	Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1994 Cambodian Genocide Justice Act Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994 Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act Spoils of War Act of 1994
Long title	An Act to authorize appropriations for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and related agencies, to authorize appropriations for foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1994
Enacted by	the 103rd United States Congress
Effective	April 30, 1994
Citations
Public law	103-236
Statutes at Large	108 Stat. 382 aka 108 Stat. 432
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 71 § 6201 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2333 by Lee H. Hamilton (D–IN) on June 8, 1993 Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations, House Judiciary Passed the House on June 22, 1993 (273-144, Roll call vote 252, via Clerk.House.gov) Passed the Senate on February 2, 1994 (92-8 Roll call vote 18, via Senate.gov, in lieu of S. 1281) Reported by the joint conference committee on April 25, 1994; agreed to by the House on April 28, 1994 (agreed voice vote) and by the Senate on April 28, 1994 (agreed unanimous consent) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on April 30, 1994

Signed in law in 1994 by U.S. President Bill Clinton, this act was meant to streamline the U.S. international broadcasting and provide a cost-effective way to continue Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty, Voice of America, and Radio Marti.^[1] It placed control of the international broadcasting under the United States Information Agency.^[2]