Overview Purpose
The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, popularly called the Smith–Mundt Act, was first introduced by Congressman Karl E. Mundt in January 1945 in the 79th Congress. It was subsequently passed by the 80th Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on January 27, 1948.
Enacted by: the 80th United States Congress
Public law: Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–402
Statutes at Large: 62 Stat. 6
Titles amended: 22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created: 22 U.S.C. ch. 18 § 1431 et seq
Is the Smith Act constitutional?
The Smith Act was used throughout the 1950s to prosecute members of the Communist Party - U.S.A. In 1951, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Smith Act in Dennis v. United States.
Prosecutions under the Smith Act continued until a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1957 reversed a number of convictions under the Act as being unconstitutional. The law has been amended several times.
What is the 2012 Smith Mundt Modernization Act Amendment?
Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Secretary of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide for the preparation and dissemination of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, ...
https://www.congress.gov › house-bill
Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 112th Congress (2011-2012)
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ReplyDeleteObama did not sign a law allowing propaganda in the US. ... The amendment did not repeal the Smith-Mundt Act, but rather lifted some restrictions on the domestic dissemination of government-funded media.
The change essentially eased restrictions for Americans who want to access government-funded media content, allowing media produced by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, such as the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to be made available to Americans “upon request.” ...
Under the new law, it is still against the law for government-funded media to create programming and market their content to U.S. audiences.
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