(c) STUDY BY AMERICANS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.-The Congress urges the President to take such steps as are necessary to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. SEC. 607. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF COUNSELING SERV ICES. (a) COUNSELING SERVICES ABROAD.-For the purpose of assisting foreign students in choosing fields of study, selecting appropriate institutions of higher education, and preparing for their stay in the United States, the President may make suitable arrangements for counseling and orientation services abroad. (b) COUNSELING SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES.-For the purposes of assisting foreign students in making the best use of their opportunities while attending United States institutions of higher education, and assisting such students in directing their talents and initiative into channels which will make them more effective leaders upon return to their native lands, the President may make suitable arrangements (by contract or otherwise) for the establishment and maintenace of adequate counseling services at United States institutions of higher education which are attended by foreign students. SEC. 608.7 BOARD OF FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS. The Board of Foreign Scholarships shall advise and assist the President in the discharge of the scholarship program carried out pursuant to this title, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in section 604. The President may provide for such additional secretarial and staff assistance for the board as may by required to carry out this title. SEC. 609.8 GENERAL AUTHORITIES. (a) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS.-The public and private sectors in the United States and in the developing countries shall be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the scholarship program financed under this title. (b) UTILIZATION OF RETURNING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.-The President shall seek to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the utilization of recipients of scholarships under this title upon their return to their own countries. (c) PROMOTION ABROAD OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.-The President may provide for publicity and promotion abroad of the scholarship program provided for in this title. (d) INCREASING UNITED STATES UNDERSTANDING OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.-The President shall encourage United States institutions of higher education, which are attended by students from developing countries who receive scholarships under this title, to provide opportunities for United States citizens attending those institutions to develop their knowledge and understanding of the developing countries, and the languages and cultures of those countries, represented by those foreign students. 622 U.S.C. 4707. 7 22 U.S.C. 4708. 8 22 U.S.C. 4709. (e) OTHER ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING.— Funds allocated by the United States Information Agency, or the agency primarily responsible for carrying out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for scholarships in accordance with this title shall be available to enhance the educational training and capabilities of the people of Latin America and the Caribbean and to promote better understanding between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean through programs of cooperation, study, training, and research. Such funds may be used for program and administrative costs for institutions carrying out such programs. SEC. 610. ENGLISH TEACHING, TEXTBOOKS, AND OTHER TEACHING MATERIALS. Wherever adequate facilities or materials are not available to carry out the purposes of paragraph (4) of section 604 in the participant's country and the President determines that the purposes of this title are best served by providing the preliminary training in the participant's country, the President may (by purchase, contract, or other appropriate means) provide the necessary materials and instructors to achieve such purpose. SEC. 611.10 REPORTING REQUIREMENT. No later than February 1 each year, the President shall submit to the Congress a report on the activities carried on and expenditures made pursuant to this title during the preceding fiscal year. SEC. 612.11 FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986 AND FISCAL YEAR 1987. (a) CENTRAL AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. The undergraduate scholarship program financed by the United States Information Agency for students from Central America for fiscal year 1986 and fiscal year 1987 shall be conducted in accordance with this title. (b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS FROM OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Any funds appropriated to the United States Information Agency for fiscal year 1986 or fiscal year 1987 for any purpose (other than funds appropriated for educational exchange programs under section 102(a)(1) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(1)) may be used to carry out this title with respect to students from developing countries outside Central America. SEC. 613.12 LATIN AMERICAN EXCHANGES. Of any funds authorized to be appropriated for activities authorized by this title, not less than 25 percent shall be allocated to fund grants and exchanges to Latin America and the Caribbean. SEC. 614.13 FEASIBILITY STUDY OF TRAINING PROGRAMS IN SIZABLE HISPANIC POPULATIONS. No later than December 15, 1985, the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Administrator of the Agency 22 U.S.C. 4710. 10 22 U.S.C. 4711. 1122 U.S.C. 4712. 12 22 U.S.C. 4713. 13 22 U.S.C. 4714. for International Development shall report jointly, 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 the feasibility of greater utilization in those two agencies' scholarship and participant training programs of the United States universities in States bordering Latin America and Caribbean which are located in areas characterized by the presence of sizable Hispanic populations. SEC. 615.14 COMPLIANCE WITH CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT. Any authority provided by this title to enter into contracts shall be effective only (1) to the extent that the budget authority for the obligation to make outlays, which is created by the contract, has been provided in advance by an appropriation Act; or (2) to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 14 22 U.S.C. 4715. 4. National Endowment for Democracy Act Partial text of Public Law 98-164 [H.R. 2915], 97 Stat. 1017 at 1039, approved November 22, 1983, as amended by Public Law 99-93 [H.R. 2068], 99 Stat. 405, approved August 16, 1985; and by Public Law 100–204 [H.R. 1777], 101 Stat. 1331, approved December 22, 1987 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE V-NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY SHORT TITLE Sec. 501. This title may be cited as the "National Endowment for Democracy Act". NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY Sec. 502.1 (a) The Congress finds that there has been established in the District of Columbia a private, nonprofit corporation known as the National Endowment for Democracy (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Endowment") which is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government. (b) The purposes of the Endowment, as set forth in its articles of incorporation, are— (1) to encourage free and democratic institutions throughout the world through private sector initiatives, including activities which promote the individual rights and freedoms (including internationally recognized human rights) which are essential to the functioning of democratic institutions; (2) to facilitate exchanges between United States private sector groups (especially the two major American political parties, labor, and business) and democratic groups abroad; (3) to promote United States nongovernmental participation (especially through the two major American political parties, labor, business, and other private sector groups) in democratic training programs and democratic institution- building abroad; 122 U.S.C. 4411. Sec. 210 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1375) authorized to be appropriated to USIA for fiscal year 1988: $17,500,000, and for fiscal year 1989: $18,100,000. See page 619 for text. Title V of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations for 1988, Public Law 100-202, 101 Stat. 1329) appropriated $16,875,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy for fiscal year 1988. (4) to strengthen democratic electoral processes abroad through timely measures in cooperation with indigenous democratic forces (5) to support the participation of the two major American political parties, labor, business, and other United States private sector groups in fostering cooperation with those abroad dedicated to the cultural values, institutions, and organizations of democratic pluralism; and (6) to encourage the establishment and growth of democratic development in a manner consistent both with the broad concerns of United States national interests and with the specific requirements of the democratic groups in other countries which are aided by programs funded by the Endowment. GRANTS TO THE ENDOWMENT Sec. 503.2 (a) The Director of the United States Information Agency shall make an annual grant to the Endowment to enable the Endowment to carry out its purposes as specified in section 502b). Such grants shall be made with funds specifically appropriated for grants to the Endowment or with funds appropriated to the Agency for the "Salaries and Expenses" account. Such grants shall be made pursuant to a grant agreement between the Director and the Endowment which requires that grant funds will only be used for activities which the Board of Directors of the Endowment determines are consistent with the purposes described in section 502/b), that the Endowment will allocate funds in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, and that the Endowment will otherwise comply with the requirements of this title. The grant agreement may not require the Endowment to comply with requirements other than those specified in this title. (b) Funds so granted may be used by the Endowment to carry out the purposes described in section 502(b), and otherwise applicable limitations on the purposes for which funds appropriated to the United States Information Agency may be used shall not apply to funds granted to the Endowment. (c) Nothing in this title shall be construed to make the Endowment an agency or establishment of the United States Government or to make the members of the Board of Directors of the Endowment, or the officers or employees of the Endowment, officers or employees of the United States. (d) The Endowment and its grantees shall be subject to the appropriate oversight procedures of the Congress. (e) of the amounts made available to the Endowment for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 to carry out programs in furtherance of the purposes of this Act (1) not less than $13,800,000 shall be for the Free Trade Union Institute; and (2) not less than $2,500,000 shall be to support private enterprise development programs of the National Chamber Foundation. 222 U.S.C. 4412. |