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106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4528
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 12, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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AN ACT
To establish an undergraduate grant program of the Department of State
to assist students of limited financial means from the United States to
pursue studies at foreign institutions of higher education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Academic Opportunity
Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to establish an undergraduate grant
program for students of limited financial means from the United States
to enable such students to study at institutions of higher education in
foreign countries. Such foreign study is intended to broaden the
outlook and better prepare such students of demonstrated financial need
to assume significant roles in the increasingly global economy.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN STUDY BY AMERICAN
COLLEGE STUDENTS OF LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS.
(a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of appropriations
and under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961, the Secretary of State shall establish and carry
out a program in each fiscal year to award grants of up to $5,000, to
individuals who meet the requirements of subsection (b), toward the
cost of one academic year of undergraduate study at an institution of
higher education in a foreign country. Grants under this Act shall be
known as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships''.
(b) Eligibility.--An individual referred to in subsection (a) is an
individual who--
(1) is a student in good standing at an institution of
higher education in the United States (as defined in section
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965);
(2) has been accepted for an academic year of study at an
institution of higher education outside the United States (as
defined by section 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965);
(3) is receiving any need-based student assistance under
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and
(4) is a citizen or national of the United States.
(c) Application and Selection.--
(1) Grant application and selection shall be carried out
through accredited institutions of higher education in the
United States or combination of such institutions under such
procedures as are established by the Secretary of State.
(2) In considering applications for grants under this
section, priority consideration shall be given to applicants
who are receiving Federal Pell Grants under title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
The Secretary of State shall report annually to the Congress
concerning the grant program established under this Act. Each such
report shall include the following information for the preceding year:
(1) The number of participants.
(2) The institutions of higher education in the United
States that participants attended.
(3) The institutions of higher education outside the United
States participants attended during their year of study abroad.
(4) The areas of study of participants.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each fiscal
year to carry out this Act.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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