Smith–Mundt Act

Smith–Mundt Act
Long title	An Act to promote the better understanding of the United States among the peoples of the world and to strengthen cooperative international relations.
Acronyms (colloquial)	IEEA
Nicknames	United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948
Enacted by	the 80th United States Congress
Effective	January 27, 1948
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–402
Statutes at Large	62 Stat. 6
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 18 § 1431 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 3342 by Karl E. Mundt (R–SD) on May 21, 1947; Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations; Passed the House on June 24, 1947 (273-97); Passed the Senate on January 16, 1948 (Passed) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on January 19, 1948 (Passed); Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on January 27, 1948;

The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-402), popularly called the Smith–Mundt Act, was first introduced by Congressman Karl E. Mundt (R-SD) 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.

The Act was developed to regulate broadcasting of programs for foreign audiences produced under the guidance by the State Department, and it prohibited domestic dissemination of materials produced by such programs as one of its provisions. The original version of the Act was amended by the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 which allowed for materials produced by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to be made available within the United States.

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