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S. 2874: Initiative 911 Act

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S. 2874: Initiative 911 Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-09-30 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10070-10071)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-09-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10070-10071) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Initiative 911 Act

Plain summary

Initiative 911 Act - Amends the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to authorize the President to direct any department, agency, or other U.S. entity to furnish the Broadcasting Board of Governors with necessary assistance to provide international broadcasting activities with a surge capacity to support U.S. foreign policy objectives during a crisis abroad. Defines "surge capacity" as the financial and technical resources necessary to carry out broadcasting activities in a geographical area during a crisis.

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Official text

Initiative 911 Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-s2874 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108