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(b) REMUNERATION AND PERIOD.-The Board shall determine, taking into consideration the position in which each Fellow will serve and his or her experience and expertise

(1) the amount of remuneration the Fellow will receive for his or her service under this title, and

(2) the period of the fellowship, which shall be between one and two years.

(c) TRAINING.-Each Fellow may be given appropriate training at the Foreign Service Institute or other appropriate institution. (d) HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION.-The Secretary of State shall, pursuant to regulations

(1) provide housing for each Fellow while the Fellow is serving abroad, including (where appropriate) housing for family members; and

(2) pay the costs and expenses incurred by each Fellow in traveling between the United States and the country in which the Fellow serves, including (where appropriate) travel for family members.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.-Subsection (d) of this section shall not take effect until October 1, 1986.

SEC. 1005. SECRETARY OF STATE.

(a) DETERMINATIONS.-The Secretary of State shall determine which of the individuals selected by the Board will serve at each United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad and the position in which each will serve.

(b) AUTHORITIES.-Fellows may be employed

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(1) under a temporary appointment in the civil service;

(2) under a limited appointment in the Foreign Service; or (3) by contract under the provisions of section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

(c) FUNDING.-Funds appropriated to the Department of State for "Salaries and Expenses" shall be used for the expenses incurred in carrying out this title.

822 U.S.C. 4904. Subsec. (b) was amended and restated by sec. 187 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1368).

Sec. 9(d) of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (sec. 9 cited as "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990"; Public Law 101-454; 104 Stat. 1066) struck out "in the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe" and inserted in lieu thereof “abroad".

7. Soviet-Eastern European Education and Training Programs

a. Soviet-Eastern Europe Educational Exchange Programs in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 Partial text of Public Law 102–138 [H.R. 1415], 105 Stat. 647, approved October 28, 1992

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the
Department of State, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE II-UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL,
EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

PART A-UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

SEC. 210.1 CLAUDE AND MILDRED PEPPER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

(a) PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this section to provide Federal financial assistance to facilitate a program to enable high school and college students from emerging democracies, who are visiting the United States, to spend from one to two weeks in Washington, District of Columbia, observing and studying the workings and operations of the democratic form of government of the United States.

(b) GRANTS.-The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to make grants to the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation to carry out the purpose specified in subsection (a).

(c) 2 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 to carry out this section, of which not more than $500,000 is authorized to be available for obligation or expenditure during that fiscal year. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized to be available until expended.

1 22 U.S.C. 2452 note.

2 The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (title V of Public Law 102-140; 105 Stat. 822), provided under educational and cultural exchange programs, that "$1,000,000 shall be available for the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation".

PART B—BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL

AFFAIRS

SEC. 221. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

In addition to amounts otherwise made available under section 201 for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to carry out the purposes of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 the following amounts:

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(5) OTHER PROGRAMS.-For "East Europe Training Projects", "Citizen Exchange Programs", and the "Congress-Bundestag Exchange Program", $14,028,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $14,700,000 for the fiscal year 1993.

(9) SOVIET-AMERICAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGES.-For the expenses of Soviet-American Interparliamentary meetings and visits in the United States approved by the joint leadership of the Congress, after an opportunity for appropriate consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of the United States Information Agency, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1992, of which not more than $1,000,000 shall be available for obligation or expenditure during that fiscal year. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to be available until expended.

SEC. 223. USIA CULTURAL CENTER IN KOSOVO.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-The Director of the United States Information Agency shall establish a cultural center in the capital of Kosovo in Yugoslavia when the Secretary of State determines that the physical security of the center and the personal safety of its employees may be reasonably assured.

(b) ŘEPORT.-Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until a center is established under subsection (a), the Director of the United States Information Agency shall submit a report to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on progress toward establishment of a center pursuant to subsection (a), including an assessment by the Secretary of State of the risks to physical and personal security of the establishment of such a

center.

3 The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (title V of Public Law 102-140; 105 Stat. 822), provided the following:

"EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

"For expenses of Fulbright, International Visitor, Humphrey Fellowship, Citizen Exchange, and Congress-Bundestag Exchange Programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $194,232,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2455, of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation.".

SEC. 225. EASTERN EUROPE STUDENT EXCHANGE ENDOWMENT FUND.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL ENDOWMENT.-The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to establish an endowment fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the "fund"), in accordance with the provisions of this section, to support an exchange program among secondary school students from the United States and secondary school students from former Warsaw Pact countries in Eastern Europe, including from the territory formerly known as East Germany. The Director may enter into such agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(b) TRANSFER.

(1) APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS.-The Director shall transfer to the fund the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection (f) to carry out the exchange program under this section.

(2) GIFTS. (A) The Director is authorized to accept, use, and dispose of gifts of donations of services or property to carry out the provisions of this section.

(B) Any sums received by the Director pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be transferred to the fund.

(3) IN GENERAL.-The Director in investing the corpus and income of the fund, shall exercise the judgment and care, under the prevailing circumstances, which a person of prudence, discretion, and intelligence would exercise in the management of that person's own business affairs.

(4) SPECIAL RULE.-The fund corpus and income shall be invested in federally insured bank savings accounts or comparable interest bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, mutual funds, obligations of the United States, or other low-risk instruments and securities.

(c) WITHDRAWALS AND EXPENDITURES.-The Director may withdraw or expend amounts from the fund for any expenses necessary to carry out the exchange program described in subsection (a). (d) DEFINITIONS.-For the purposes of this section

(1) the term "secondary school" has the same meaning given to such term by section 1471(21) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and

(2) the term "Director" means the Director of the United States Information Agency.

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized to be available until expended.

SEC. 226. ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAMs for Foreign STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS.—

(1) Not later than September 30, 1993, the number of scholarships provided to foreign students and scholars by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency for the purpose of study, research, or teaching in the United States shall be increased by 100 over

4 22 U.S.C. 2452 note.

the number of such scholarships provided in fiscal year 1991, subject to the availability of appropriations.

(2) Scholarships provided to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be available only

(A) to students and scholars from the new democracies of Eastern Europe,

(B) to students and scholars from the Soviet Union;

(C) to students and scholars from countries determined by the Associate Director of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to be not adequately represented in the foreign student population in the United States.

(b) PROGRAMS FOR UNITED STATES STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS.—

(1) Not later than September 30, 1993, the number of scholarships provided to United States students and scholars by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency for the purpose of study, research, or teaching in other countries shall be increased by 100 over the number of such scholarships provided in fiscal year 1991, subject to the availability of appropriations.

(2) Scholarships provided to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be available only for study, research, and teaching in the new democracies of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and non-European countries.

(c) DEFINITION.-For the purposes of this section, the term "scholarship" means an amount to be used for full or partial support of tuition and fees to attend an educational institution, and may include fees, books and supplies, equipment required for courses at an educational institution, and living expenses at a United States or foreign educational institution.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 to carry out the purposes of this section. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to be available until expended. SEC. 227.4 LAW AND BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE SOVIET UNION, LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA.

(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.-The purpose of this section is to establish a scholarship program designed to bring students from the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to the United States for study in the United States.

(b) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORITY.-Subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (d), the President, acting through the United States Information Agency, shall provide scholarships (including partial assistance) for study at United States institutions of higher education together with private and public sector internships by nationals of the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia who have completed their undergraduate education and would not otherwise have the opportunity to study in the United States due to financial limitations.

(c) GUIDELINES.-The scholarship program under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines:

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