Page 1135 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 4502

§ 4415. Freedom of information

(a) Compliance with Freedom of Information Act

Notwithstanding the fact that the Endowment

is not an agency or establishment of the United

States Government, the Endowment shall fully

comply with all of the provisions of section 552

of title 5.

(b) Publication in Federal Register

For purposes of complying pursuant to subsection (a) of this section with section 552(a)(1)

of such title, the Endowment shall make available to the Director of the United States Information Agency such records and other information as the Director determines may be necessary for such purposes. The Director shall

cause such records and other information to be

published in the Federal Register.

(c) Review by United States Information Agency

(1) In the event that the Endowment determines not to comply with a request for records

under section 552, the Endowment shall submit a

report to the Director of the United States Information Agency explaining the reasons for not

complying with such request.

(2) If the Director approves the determination

not to comply with such request, the United

States Information Agency shall assume full responsibility, including financial responsibility,

for defending the Endowment in any litigation

relating to such request.

(3) If the Director disapproves the determination not to comply with such request, the Endowment shall comply with such request.

(Pub. L. 98–164, title V, §506, as added Pub. L.

99–93, title II, §210(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 432.)

CHAPTER 55—RESEARCH AND TRAINING

FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND INDEPENDENT STATES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION

Sec.

4501. Findings and declarations.

4502. ‘‘Institution of higher education’’ and ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ defined.

4503. Establishment of Advisory Committee.

(a) Establishment; composition; Chairman.

(b) Meetings; quorum.

(c) Technical and clerical assistance.

(d) Functions.

4504. Authority to make payments; purposes.

4505. Applications; payments to eligible institutions.

4506. Reporting requirements.

4507. Federal control of education prohibited.

4508. Allocation of funds.

4509. Repealed.

§ 4501. Findings and declarations

The Congress finds and declares that—

(1) factual knowledge, independently verified, about the countries of Eastern Europe

and the independent states of the former Soviet Union is of the utmost importance for the

national security of the United States, for the

furtherance of our national interests in the

conduct of foreign relations, and for the prudent management of our domestic affairs;

(2) the development and maintenance of

knowledge about the countries of Eastern Europe and the independent states of the former

Soviet Union depends upon the national capability for advanced research by highly trained

and experienced specialists, available for service in and out of Government;

(3) certain essential functions are necessary

to ensure the existence of that knowledge and

the capability to sustain it, including—

(A) graduate training;

(B) advanced research;

(C) public dissemination of research data,

methods, and findings;

(D) contact and collaboration among Government and private specialists; and

(E) firsthand experience of the countries of

Eastern Europe and the independent states

of the former Soviet Union by American specialists, including on site conduct of advanced training and research to the extent

practicable; and

(4) it is in the national interest for the

United States Government to provide a stable

source of financial support for the functions

described in this section and to supplement

the financial support for those functions

which is currently being furnished by Federal,

State, local, regional, and private agencies, organizations, and individuals, and thereby to

stabilize the conduct of these functions on a

national scale, consistently, and on a long

range unclassified basis.

(Pub. L. 98–164, title VIII, §802, Nov. 22, 1983, 97

Stat. 1047; Pub. L. 103–199, title III, §302(3), Dec.

17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2322.)

AMENDMENTS

1993—Pars. (1), (2), (3)(E). Pub. L. 103–199 substituted

‘‘countries of Eastern Europe and the independent

states of the former Soviet Union’’ for ‘‘Soviet Union

and Eastern European countries’’.

SHORT TITLE

Section 801 of title VIII of Pub. L. 98–164, as amended

by Pub. L. 103–199, title III, §302(2), Dec. 17, 1993, 107

Stat. 2322, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this

chapter] may be cited as the ‘Research and Training for

Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the

Former Soviet Union Act of 1983’.’’

DEFINITIONS

In pars. (1), (2), and (3)(E), independent states of the

former Soviet Union has the meaning given in section

5801 of this title, see section 3 of Pub. L. 103–199, set out

as a note under section 5801 of this title.

§ 4502. ‘‘Institution of higher education’’ and ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ defined

As used in this chapter—

(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the same meaning given such

term in section 1141(a) of title 20; and

(2) the term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ means

the Advisory Committee for Studies of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the

Former Soviet Union established by section

4503(a) of this title.

(Pub. L. 98–164, title VIII, §803, Nov. 22, 1983, 97

Stat. 1048; Pub. L. 103–199, title III, §302(4), Dec.

17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2322.)

AMENDMENTS

1993—Par. (2). Pub. L. 103–199 substituted ‘‘Advisory

Committee for Studies of Eastern Europe and the Inde-