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end the following: "Not less than 15 shall be provided during fiscal year 1993.".

(b)5 FUNDING.-In addition to the funds made available pursuant to section 1005(c) of that Act, funds authorized to be appropriated by chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used in carrying out the amendment made by subsection (a) with respect to missions in the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

SEC. 805. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE.

For purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 and following), the International Development Law Institute shall be considered to be a public international organization in which the United States participates under the authority of an Act of Congress authorizing such participation.

SEC. 806.7 CERTAIN BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. * *

SEC. 807.® EXCHANGES AND TRAINING AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS. (a) FUNDING FOR EXCHANGES AND TRAINING AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS.

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-To carry out a broad spectrum of exchanges, and of training and similar programs to promote the objectives described in section 498 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, between the United States and the independent states of the former Soviet Union, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993 (in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes) the following:

(A) $20,000,000 for exchange programs for secondary school students.

(B) $30,000,000 for programs for participants other than secondary school students, including undergraduate and graduate students, farmers and other agribusiness practitioners, and participants in the exchanges carried out under paragraph (2).

(2) LOCAL AND REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT EXCHANGES.— The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to use funds authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1)(B) to conduct exchanges to provide technical assistance in local and regional self-government to the independent states.

(3) REPORT ON PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.-Within 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102(a) of this Act shall submit to the Congress a report specifying the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) that is proposed to be allocated for each category of program and for each Government agency.

(4) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.

522 U.S.C. 4903 note.

622 U.S.C. 288j. For International Organizations Immunities Act (Public Law 79-291), see page 1509. Sec. 806 amended sec. 301(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. 822 U.S.C. 2452 note.

(A) USIA.-Educational, cultural, and any other exchange programs carried out under this subsection, including any such programs for secondary school students, shall be administered by the United States Information Agency, and funds allocated for such programs shall be transferred to that Agency.

(B) OTHER AGENCIES.-Training and other non-exchange programs carried out under this subsection shall be administered by the Agency for International Development or such other Government agency as has experience and expertise in carrying out such programs.

(5) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.-Up to 5 percent of the funds made available to each Government agency under this subsection may be used by that agency for administrative expenses of program implementation.

(b) ENHANCEMENT OF USIA EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.-In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency for fiscal year 1993 for enhancement of existing educational and cultural exchange programs the following:

(1) $9,950,000 for Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs. (2) $10,850,000 for other programs administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

(c)9 REPEAL.-Effective 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, section 225 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, and the item relating to that section in the table of contents set forth in section 2 of that Act, are repealed.

(d) AGRIBUSINESS EXCHANGES.—

(1) AUTHORIZATION.-The President is authorized to establish regional agribusiness offices at State universities and land grant colleges in the United States for the purpose of expanding exchanges between agribusiness practitioners in the United States and agribusiness practitioners in the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

(2) LIMITATION ON FUNDING SOURCES.-Funds authorized to be appropriated by this section or other provisions of this Act (including chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) may not be used to carry out this subsection.

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22 U.S.C. 2452 note.

b. 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; amended by Public Law 102-511 [FREEDOM Support Act; S. 2532], 106 Stat. 3320, approved October 24, 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,

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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.

122 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".

The Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (title V of Public Law 102-395; 106 Stat. 1870), provided under educational and cultural exchange programs, that "$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.".

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: * * *2

(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.

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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.

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SEC. 225.3*** [Repealed-1992]

SEC. 226. ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAMS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS.—

Formerly at 22 U.S.C. 2452 note. Sec. 225 established the "Eastern Europe Student Exchange Endowment Fund". Sec. 807(c) of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511; 106 Stat. 3354) repealed sec. 225, effective 6 months after the date of enactment of that Act (October 24, 1992). For text of sec. 225, see 105 Stat. 699.

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) 5 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".

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