22 U.S.C. § 6209 — Incorporation and non-Federal status of broadcasting entities

(a) Defined term In this chapter— (1) the term “grant” includes agreements under section 6305 of title 31; and (2) the term “grantee” includes recipients of an agreement described in paragraph (1). (b) Incorporation The Chief Executive Officer is authorized to incorporate grantees under the regular notification procedures of— (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (c) Federal status Nothing in this chapter or in any other Act, and no action taken under this chapter or any other Act, may be construed to make a grantee incorporated under subsection (b), or any other grantee or entity provided funding by the Agency^*, a Federal agency or instrumentality. (d) Leadership of grantee organizations The chief executive officer or the equivalent official of RFE/RL Inc., Radio Free Asia, the Open Technology Fund, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and any other organization that is established or authorized under this chapter, must serve at the pleasure of, and may be named by, the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency^*, with the concurrence of the Grantee Board and subject to the approval of the Advisory Board under section 6205 of this title.