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22 U.S.C. § 4704 — Guidelines
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The scholarship program under this chapter shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines:
(1) Consistent with section 2460(b) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, all programs created pursuant to this chapter shall be nonpolitical and balanced, and shall be administered in keeping with the highest standards of academic integrity.
(2) United States missions shall design ways to identify promising students who are in secondary educational institutions, or who have completed their secondary education, for study in the United States. In carrying out this paragraph, the United States mission in a country shall consult with Peace Corps volunteers and staff assigned to that country and with private and voluntary organizations with a proven record of providing development assistance to developing countries.
(3) United States missions shall develop and strictly implement specific economic need criteria. Scholarships under this chapter may only be provided to students who meet the economic need criteria.
(4) The program shall utilize educational institutions in the United States and in developing countries to help participants in the programs acquire necessary skills in English and other appropriate education training.
(5) Each participant from a developing country shall be selected on the basis of academic and leadership potential and the economic, political, and social development needs of such country. Such needs shall be determined by each United States mission in consultation with the government of the respective country. Scholarship opportunities shall emphasize fields that are critical to the development of the participant’s country, including agriculture, civil engineering, communications, social science, education, public and busin
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The scholarship program under this chapter shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines:
(1) Consistent with section 2460(b) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, all programs created pursuant to this chapter shall be nonpolitical and balanced, and shall be administered in keeping with the highest standards of academic integrity.
(2) United States missions shall design ways to identify promising students who are in secondary educational institutions, or who have completed their secondary education, for study in the United States. In carrying out this paragraph, the United States mission in a country shall consult with Peace Corps volunteers and staff assigned to that country and with private and voluntary organizations with a proven record of providing development assistance to developing countries.
(3) United States missions shall develop and strictly implement specific economic need criteria. Scholarships under this chapter may only be provided to students who meet the economic need criteria.
(4) The program shall utilize educational institutions in the United States and in developing countries to help participants in the programs acquire necessary skills in English and other appropriate education training.
(5) Each participant from a developing country shall be selected on the basis of academic and leadership potential and the economic, political, and social development needs of such country. Such needs shall be determined by each United States mission in consultation with the government of the respective country. Scholarship opportunities shall emphasize fields that are critical to the development of the participant’s country, including agriculture, civil engineering, communications, social science, education, public and business administration, health, nutrition, environmental studies, population and family planning, and energy.
(6) The program shall be flexible in order to take advantage of different training and educational opportunities offered by universities, postsecondary vocational training schools, and community colleges in the United States.
(7) The program shall be flexible with respect to the number of years of undergraduate education financed but in no case shall students be brought to the United States for a period less than one year.
(8) Adequate 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 adequate 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 United States Information Agency shall recommend to each student, who receives a scholarship under this chapter for study at a college or university, that the student enroll in a course on the classics of American political thought or which otherwise emphasizes the ideas, principles, and documents upon which the United States was founded.
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**(a) In general** The President, acting through the United States Information Agency, shall provide scholarships (including partial assistance) for undergraduate study at United States institutions of higher education by citizens and nationals of developing countries who have completed their secondary education and who would not otherwise have an opportunity to study in the United States due to financial limitations.
**(b) Form of scholarship; forgiveness of loan repayment** To encourage students to use their training in their countries of origin, each scholarship pursuant to this section shall be in the form of a loan with all repayment to be forgiven upon the student’s prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in the United States. If the student is granted asylum in the United States pursuant to [section 1158 of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1158&num=0&edition=prelim) or is admitted to the United States as a refugee pursuant to [section 1157 of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1157&num=0&edition=prelim), half of the repayment shall be forgiven.
**(c) Consultation** Before allocating any of the funds made available to carry out this chapter, the President shall consult with United States institutions of higher education, educational exchange organizations, United States missions in developing countries, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines specified in [section 4704 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4704&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) “Institution of higher education” defined** For
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**(a) AID-funded programs** The Congress urges the administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [[22 U.S.C. 2151](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2151&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], in implementing programs authorized under that part, to increase assistance for undergraduate scholarships for students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States at United States institutions of higher education. To the maximum extent practicable, such scholarship assistance shall be furnished in accordance with the guidelines contained in [section 4704 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4704&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) USIA-funded postgraduate study in the United States** The Congress urges the Director of the United States Information Agency to expand opportunities for students of limited financial means from developing countries to receive financial assistance for postgraduate study at United States institutions of higher education.
**(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.
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The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board shall advise and assist the President in the discharge of the scholarship program carried out pursuant to this chapter, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in [section 4704 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4704&num=0&edition=prelim). The President may provide for such additional secretarial and staff assistance for the Board as may be required to carry out this chapter.
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Wherever adequate facilities or materials are not available to carry out the purposes of paragraph (4) of [section 4704 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4704&num=0&edition=prelim) in the participant’s country and the President determines that the purposes of this chapter 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.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4703
1 See References in Text note below.
(5) it is essential that the United States citi-
zenry
develop
its
knowledge
and
under-
standing of the developing countries and their
languages, cultures, and socioeconomic com-
position as these areas assume an ever larger
role in the world community;
(6) an undergraduate scholarship program
for students of limited financial means from
developing countries to study in the United
States would complement current assistance
efforts in the areas of advanced education and
training of people of developing countries in
such disciplines as are required for planning
and implementation of public and private de-
velopment activities;
(7) the National Bipartisan Commission on
Central America has recommended a program
of 10,000 United States Government-sponsored
scholarships to bring Central American stu-
dents to the United States, which program
would involve careful targeting to encourage
participation by young people from all social
and economic classes, would maintain existing
admission standards by providing intensive
English and other training, and would encour-
age graduates to return to their home coun-
tries after completing their education; and
(8) it is also in the interest of the United
States, as well as peaceful cooperation in the
Western Hemisphere, that particular attention
be given to the students of the Caribbean re-
gion.
(Pub. L. 99–93, title VI, § 602, Aug. 16, 1985, 99
Stat. 439; Pub. L. 103–199, title III, § 305, Dec. 17,
1993, 107 Stat. 2324.)
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AMENDMENTS
1993—Pars. (6) to (10). Pub. L. 103–199 redesignated
pars. (8) to (10) as (6) to (8), respectively, and struck out
former pars. (6) and (7) which read as follo
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