5 1 SEC. 4. GRANTS TO AMERICAN-SPONSORED SCHOOLS IN 2 3 4 5 ARAB AND OTHER PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS. (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.-The Secretary of State, 6 acting through the Director of the Office of Overseas 7 Schools of the Department of State, may make grants to 8 American-sponsored schools in Arab and predominantly 9 Muslim countries for the purpose of providing full or par10 tial merit-based scholarships to students from lower- and 11 middle-income families of such countries to attend such 12 schools. 13 (b) DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.-For 14 purposes of expending grant funds, an American-spon15 sored school that receives a grant under subsection (a) is 16 authorized to establish criteria to be implemented by such 17 school to determine what constitutes lower- and middle18 income families in the country (or region of the country, 19 if regional variations in income levels in the country are 20 significant) in which such school is located. 21 (c) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.-Amounts ap22 propriated to the Secretary of State pursuant to the au23 thorization of appropriations in subsection (c) shall be 24 used for the sole purpose of making grants under this sec25 tion, and may not be used for the administration of the 6 1 Office of Overseas Schools of the Department of State or 2 any other activity of the Office. 3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There 4 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 5 2005 and 2006, $15,000,000 to carry out subsection (a). H.L.C. 1 2 3 4 5 AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4303 OFFERED BY MR. BERMAN Page 1, beginning line 4, strike "American Schools Abroad Support Act" and insert "American Education Promotion Act". Page 2, beginning line 10, strike paragraph (3) and insert the following: (3) American-sponsored elementary and secondary schools are located in more than 20 countries with significant Muslim populations in the Near East, Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, and East Page 2, line 16, insert "elementary and secondary" after "American-sponsored". Page 3, line 7, insert "elementary and secondary" before "schools". Page 3, line 11, insert "elementary and secondary" after "American-sponsored". Page 3, line 16, insert "elementary and secondary" after "American-sponsored". Page 3, line 19, strike "and" at the end. 2 H.L.C. 1 2 3 Page 3, line 23, strike the period and insert "; and". Page 3, after line 23, insert the following new subparagraph: (C) increase the number of young people who may thereby improve their proficiency in the English language. Page 4, line 2, insert "elementary and secondary" before "schools". Page 4, line 7, insert "elementary and secondary" after "American-sponsored". Page 4, line 15, insert "elementary and secondary" before "schools". Page 4, line 19, insert "elementary and secondary" after "American-sponsored". Page 5, line 8, insert "elementary and secondary" after "American-sponsored". Page 6, line 5, strike "$15,000,000" and insert "$5,000,000". Amend the title to read as follows: "A Bill to authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to American-sponsored elementary and secondary schools in Arab and other predominantly Muslim countries to provide full |