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H.R. 5729 (111th)

Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2010

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Introduced

13 July 2010

Last action

13 July 2010 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sponsors

Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8], Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large], Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2], Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1], Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8], Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7], Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3], Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11], Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4], Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20], Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46], Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8], Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2], Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

14 August 2025

Taxation

Summary

Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Secretary of State to provide for the preparation and dissemination of information intended primarily for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, including about its people, its history, and the federal government's policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, the internet, and other information media, and through information centers and instructors. (Under current law such authority is restricted to information disseminated abroad, with a limited domestic exception.) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to prohibit Department of State funds from being used to influence public opinion or propagandizing in the United States. (Under current law such provision applies to the United States Information Agency [USIA].) States that such provision shall: (1) not prohibit the Department from responding to inquiries about its operations, policies, programs, or program material, or making such information available to members of the media, public, or Congress; (2) not be construed to prohibit the Department from engaging in any medium of information on a presumption that a U.S. domestic audience may be exposed to program material; and (3) apply only to the Department and to no other federal department or agency.

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Timeline

  1. 13 July 2010

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  2. 13 July 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 July 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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