22 U.S.C. § 1465b: Cuba Service

The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall establish within the International Broadcasting Bureau a Cuba Service (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Service”). The Service shall be responsible for all radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by section 1465a of this title . The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall appoint a head of the Service and shall employ such staff as the head of the Service may need to carry out his duties. The Cuba Service shall be administered separately from other Voice of America functions and the head of the Cuba Service shall report directly to the Board 1 of the International Broadcasting Bureau. 1 So in original. There is no Board of the International Broadcasting Bureau. the Cuba Service established pursuant to section 4 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1465b ; Public Law 98–111 ) is prohibited unless such section is explicitly repealed and such service is dissolved by an Act of Congress enacted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Dec. 16, 2016 ]; and the Television Marti Service established by section 244(a) of Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1465cc ; Public Law 101–246 ) is prohibited unless such section is explicitly repealed and such service is dissolved by an Act of Congress enacted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. In this subsection, the term ‘change to the Federal status’, with respect to a service referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), includes privatization, subordination to a private or private-public entity, or merger with a private or public-private entity of such service.”