SEC. 216.14 ESTABLISHMENT OF USIA OFFICE IN VIENTIANE, LAOS. 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: 15 (1) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.-For "Salaries and Expenses", $37,749,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $39,308,000 for the fiscal year 1993. (2) FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.-For the "Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs", $110,454,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $117,297,000 for the fiscal year 1993. (3) HUBERT H. HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. For the "Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program", $5,682,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year 1993. "(b) of the funds made available under the heading 'Economic Support Fund', $5,000,000 shall be available only for a grant to assist in capitalizing an endowment whose income will be used for scholarships to enable Israeli Arabs to attend institutions of higher education in the United States: Provided, That such endowment and scholarship program shall be administered by an organization located in the United States, Provided further, That a grant may be made to capitalize such endowment only if private sector contributions of at least $5,000,000 have been made by July 31, 1991, to assist in capitalizing the endowment: Provided further, That if the requirement for private sector contributions is not met, funds earmarked for the purpose of the endowment shall be reprogrammed within the Economic Support Fund account.". The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-395; 106 Stat. 1871), provided the following: "ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM "For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 1993, to remain available until expended.". 14 See also sec. 201(b) of this Act. 15 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.". The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (title V of Public Law 102-395; 106 Stat. 1870), 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 of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $223,447,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2455, of which $200,000 shall be available for the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation and $600,000 shall be available for the Institute for Representative Government.". (4) INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PROGRAM.-For the "International Visitors Program", $45,366,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $47,650,000 for the fiscal year 1993. (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. (6) WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES.-For cultural and exchange related activities associated with the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, New York, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, provided that amounts authorized under this subsection are subject to all requirements governing United States Information Agency assistance to private organizations. (7) NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST PROGRAMS.-For "Near and Middle East Programs", $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1993. (8) VIETNAM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.-For the "Vietnam Scholarship Program" established by section 229, $300,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 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. 222. FULBRIGHT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ENHANCEMENT. In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 221(2) for the Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs, $2,700,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 1993 to increase amounts otherwise available for Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs for exchanges involving Latin America, Asia, and Africa. 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) REPORT.-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. SEC. 225.16 * * * [Repealed-1992] SEC. 226.17 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 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. 16 Sec. 807(c) of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511; 106 Stat. 3355) repealed sec. 225, effective 6 months after the enactment of that Act (October 24, 1992). Sec. 225 provided for the Eastern Europe Student Exchange Endowment Fund. See FREEDOM Support Act, title VIII, page 949. 17 22 U.S.C. 2452 note. SEC. 227.17 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: (1) Consistent with section 112(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(b)), all programs created pursuant to this Act shall be nonpolitical and balanced, and shall be administered in keeping with the highest standards of academic integrity and cost-effectiveness. (2) The United States Information Agency shall design ways to identify promising students for study in the United States. (3) The United States Information Agency should develop and strictly implement specific financial need criteria. Scholarships under this Act may only be provided to students who meet the financial need criteria. (4) The program may utilize educational institutions in the United States, if necessary, to help participants acquire necessary skills to fully participate in professional training. (5) Each participant shall be selected on the basis of academic and leadership potential in the fields of business administration, economics, law, or public administration. Scholarship opportunities shall be limited to fields that are critical to economic reform and political development in the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, particularly business administration, economics, law, or public administration. (6) The program shall be flexible to include not only training and educational opportunities offered by universities in the United States, but to also support internships, education, and training in a professional setting. (7) The program shall be flexible with respect to the number of years of education financed, but in no case shall students be brought to the United States for less than one year. (8) Further allowance shall be made in the scholarship for the purchase of books and related educational material relevant to the program of study. (9) Further allowance shall be made to provide opportunities for professional, academic, and cultural enrichment for scholarship recipients. (10) The program shall, to the maximum extent practicable, offer equal opportunities for both male and female students to study in the United States. (11) The program shall, to the maximum extent practicable, offer equal opportunities for students from each of the Soviet republics, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. (12) The United States Information Agency shall recommend to each student who receives a scholarship under this section that the student include in their course of study programs which emphasize the ideas, principles, and documents upon which the United States was founded. (d) FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1992 AND FISCAL YEAR 1993.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, to carry out this section. (e) COMPLIANCE WITH CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT.-Any authority provided by this section shall be effective only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. (f) 18 DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM AND SCHOLARSHIPS.— (1) The scholarship program established by this section shall be known as the "Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program". (2) Scholarships provided under this section shall be known as "Muskie Fellowships". SEC. 228.17 NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST RESEARCH AND TRAINING. (a) NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST STUDIES.-The Director of the United States Information Agency may expend from the amount authorized for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, such sums as are appropriate to assist graduate and postdoctoral studies by United States scholars on the Near and Middle East. (b) REPORT.-The Director of the United States Information Agency shall prepare and submit to the President and the Congress at the end of each fiscal year in which assistance is provided under subsection (a) a report concerning such assistance. (c) RECOMMENDATIONS.-Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Information Agency, in consultation with qualified government agencies and appropriate private organizations and individuals, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives recommendations concerning the conduct of educational and cultural exchange programs administered and funded by the Agency. (d) DEFINITION.-For purposes of this section, the term "Near and Middle East" refers to the region consisting of those countries and peoples covered by the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs of the Department of State on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 229.17 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VIETNAMESE. (a) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency shall make available for each of the 18 Sec. 801 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511; 106 Stat. 3352) added subsec. (f). |