89th Congress, H. R. 14643 An Act To provide for the strengthening of American educational resources for international studies and research. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may International be cited as the "International Education Act of 1966". FINDINGS AND DECLARATION SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that a knowledge of other countries is of the utmost importance in promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between nations; that strong American educational resources are a necessary base for strengthening our relations with other countries; that this and future generations of Americans should be assured ample opportunity to develop to the fullest extent possible their intellectual capacities in all areas of knowledge pertaining to other countries, peoples, and cultures; and that it is therefore both necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to assist in the development of resources for international study and research, to assist in the development of resources and trained personnel in academic and professional fields, and to coordinate the exist ing and future programs of the Federal Government in international education, to meet the requirements of world leadership. TITLE I-GRANT PROGRAMS FOR ADVANCED AND CENTERS FOR ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to arrange through grants to institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, for the establishment, strengthening, and operation by them of graduate centers which will be national and international resources for research and training in international studies and the international aspects of professional and other fields of study. Activities carried on in such centers may be concentrated either on specific geographical areas of the world or on particular fields or issues in world affairs which concern one or more countries, or on both. The Secretary may also make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including professional and scholarly associations, when such grants will make an especially significant contribution to attaining the objectives of this section. Education Act of 1966. 80 STAT. 1066 (b) Grants under this section may be used to cover part or all of the 80 STAT. 1067 cost of establishing, strengthening, equipping, and operating research and training centers, including the cost of teaching and research materials and resources, the cost of programs for bringing visiting scholars and faculty to the center, and the cost of training, improvement, and travel of the staff for the purpose of carrying out the objectives of this section. Such grants may also include funds for stipends (in such amounts as may be determined in accordance with regulations of the Secretary) to individuals undergoing training in such centers, including allowances for dependents and for travel for research and study here and abroad. Grants under this section shall be made on such conditions as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out its purposes. Provisions for application approval 80 STAT. 1067 80 STAT. 1068 GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN INTERNATIONAL SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, to assist them in planning, developing, and carrying out a comprehensive program to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies. Grants made under this section may be for projects and activities which are an integral part of such a comprehensive program such as (1) planning for the development and expansion of undergraduate programs in international studies; (2) teaching, research, curriculum development, and other related activities; (3) training of faculty members in foreign countries; (4) expansion of foreign language courses; (5) planned and supervised student work-study-travel pro grams; (6) programs under which foreign teachers and scholars may visit institutions as visiting faculty; and (7) programs of English language training for foreign teachers, scholars, and students. The Secretary may also make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including professional and scholarly associations, when such grants will make an especially significant contribution to attaining the objectives of this section. (b) A grant may be made under this section only upon application to the Secretary at such time or times and containing such information as he deems necessary. The Secretary shall not approve an application unless it (1) sets forth a program for carrying out one or more projects or activities for which a grant is authorized under subsection (a); (2) sets forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for purposes which meet the requirements of subsection (a), and in no case supplant such funds; (3) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this section; and (4) provides for making such report, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may require to carry out his functions under this section, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Secretary may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. (c) The Secretary shall allocate grants to institutions of higher education under this section in such manner and according to such plan as will most nearly provide an equitable distribution of the grants throughout the States while at the same time giving a preference to those institutions which are most in need of funds for programs in international studies and which show real promise of being able to use funds effectively. METHOD OF PAYMENT; FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION SEC. 103. (a) Payments under this title may be made in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments. (b) In administering the provisions of this title, the Secretary is authorized to utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and of any other public or nonprofit agency or institution, in accordance with written agreements between the Sec retary and the head thereof published in the Federal Register three Publication in weeks prior to the date on which any such agreement is to become Federal Register. effective. FEDERAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION PROHIBITED SEC. 104. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, or the selection of library resources by any educational institution or over the content of any material developed or published under any program assisted pursuant to this Act. AUTHORIZATION AND REPORTS SEC. 105. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, which shall be available only for the purpose of preparing the report provided for in subsection (b) of this section. There are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title. For the fiscal years thereafter there shall be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title only such amounts as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. (b) The Secretary shall prepare, with the advice of the Advisory Reports to PresiCommittee appointed pursuant to section 106, a report containing spe- dent and Congress. cific recommendations for carrying out the provisions of this title, including any recommendations for amendments to this title and to portions of other laws amended by this Act, and shall submit such report to the President and the Congress not later than April 30, 1967. (c) Prior to January 31, 1968, and prior to January 31 in each Report to year thereafter, the Secretary shall make a report to the Congress Congress. which reviews and evaluates activities carried on under the authority of this Act and which reviews other activities of the Federal Government drawing upon or strengthening American resources for international study and research and any existing activities and plans to coordinate and improve the efforts of the Federal Government in international education. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SEC. 106. (a) The President is authorized to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Advisory Committee on International Studies, consisting of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Education who shall be chairman, and not more than fifteen additional members appointed by the President so that a majority shall constitute a broad representation of higher education in the United States and the remainder shall include representatives of the general public and individuals experienced in foreign affairs. 80 STAT. 1068 80 STAT. 1069 Functions. Compensation. Ante, p. 499. Ante, p. 416. Ante, pp. 443, 467. 72 Stat. 1593. 20 USC 511. 80 STAT. 1069 80 STAT. 1070 (b) The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary in the preparation of the report provided for in section 105 (b) of this Act, and thereafter shall advise the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of this Act. The recommendations of the Advisory Committee shall be included in the report provided for in section 105 (b) of this Act and in the annual reports provided for in section 105 (c) of this Act. (c) Members of the Advisory Committee who are not regular fulltime employees of the United States shall, while serving on business of the Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the President, but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code for persons in Government service employed intermittently. (d) The Advisory Committee is authorized to appoint without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, covering appointment in the competitive service, and fix the compensation of, without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, such professional and technical personnel as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its duties. TITLE II-AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AMENDMENTS TO STRENGTHEN TITLE VI OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE Removing Requirement for Area Centers That Adequate Language SEC. 201. (a) (1) The first sentence of section 601(a) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by striking out (1)" and by striking out ", and (2) that adequate instruction in such language is not readily available in the United States". (2) The first sentence of section 601 (b) of such Act is amended by striking out "(with respect to which he makes the determination under clause (1) of subsection (a))" and inserting in lieu thereof "(with respect to which he makes the determination under subsection (a))". Removing 50 Per Centum Ceiling on Federal Participation (b) The third sentence of section 601 (a) of such Act is amended by striking out "not more than 50 per centum" and inserting "all or part" in lieu thereof. Authorizing Grants as Well as Contracts for Language and (c) Section 601 (a) of such Act is amended further by inserting "grants to or" after "arrange through" in the first sentence, and by inserting "grant or" before "contract" each time that it appears in the second and third sentences. Vesting Authority for Language and Area Programs in Secretary (d) Section 601 of such Act is further amended by striking out "Commissioner" each time such term occurs therein and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary". AMENDMENTS TO STRENGTHEN TITLE XI OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SEC. 202. Title XI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 78 Stat. 1107. is amended20 USC 591,592. (1) by inserting after the title the following: "PART IGENERAL"; (2) by striking out the word "title" in section 1102 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "part"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof a new part as follows: "PART II-INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS "SEC. 1111. There are authorized to be appropriated $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, to enable the Commissioner to arrange through contracts with institutions of higher education for the establishment and operation of short-term or regular-session institutes for teachers in secondary schools in order to give them a broader understanding of international affairs. Any such arrangement may cover the cost of the establishment and operation of the institute with respect to which it is made, including the cost of grants to the staff of travel in the foreign areas, regions, or countries with which the subject matter of the field or fields in which they are or will be working is concerned, and the cost of travel of foreign scholars to enable them to teach or assist in teaching in such institute and the cost of their return, and shall be made on such conditions as the Commissioner finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. "STIPENDS "SEO. 1112. The Commissioner is authorized to pay stipends to any individual to study in a program assisted under the provisions of this part upon determining that assisting such individual in such studies will promote the purpose of this part. Stipends under the provisions of this section may include allowances for dependents and for travel to and from the place of residence.” AMENDMENTS TO MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACT SEC. 203. (a) Section 102(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 US.C. 2452) is amended (1) by striking the period at the end of clause (9) and substituting a semicolon and the word "and"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof a new clause as follows: "(10) promoting studies, research, instruction, and other educational activities of citizens and nationals of foreign countries in American schools, colleges, and universities located in the United States by making available to citizens and nationals of less developed friendly foreign countries for exchange for currencies of their respective countries (other than excess foreign currencies), at United States embassies, United States dollars in such amounts as may be necessary to enable such foreign citizens or nationals who are coming temporarily to the United States as students, trainees, teachers, instructors, or professors to meet expenses of the kind described in section 104(e) (1) of this Act." 80 STAT. 1070 80 STAT. 1071 Foreign students, exchange of currency for U. S. dollars, 75 Stat. 528. 22 USC 2454. |