Replaces Section 501 to assign the dissemination authority to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM CEO), restates authorization to prepare and disseminate information abroad, clarifies limits on domestic dissemination, provides procedures for making materials available domestically via the Archivist after 12 years (or 12 years after preparation if never disseminated abroad), requires reimbursement to USAGM appropriation, sets Archivist responsibilities and fee treatment, and adds a rule of construction about format availability.

Rewrites Section 208 to prohibit use of amounts appropriated to the United States Agency for Global Media or its component networks to influence public opinion in the United States and to prohibit distribution of program material prepared by USAGM within the United States, while providing specified exemptions and a savings provision.