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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2152 

To authorize appropriations to provide Fulbright Scholarships for Pacific 

Island students. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2007 

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations to provide Fulbright 

Scholarships for Pacific Island students. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pacific Islands Ful5 bright Scholarship Fund Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. J. FULBRIGHT EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) From 1949 until 2003, the Department of 

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1 dents from East Asia and the Pacific, but only 31 

2 Fulbright Scholarships went to Pacific Island stu3 dents. 

4 (2) In the 2003–2004 academic year, the De5 partment of State awarded 315 scholarships to stu6 dents from East Asia and the Pacific, but none were 

7 awarded to Pacific Island students. 

8 (b) REVIEW AND REPORT.—The Secretary of State 

9 shall conduct a review and submit to the Committee on 

10 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 

12 regarding the marginalization of Pacific Island students 

13 in the awarding of Fulbright Scholarships. 

14 (c) PARTICIPATION OF PACIFIC ISLAND STUDENTS

15 IN THE J. FULBRIGHT EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PRO16 GRAM.— 

17 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 

18 shall establish an annual one-year program within 

19 the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Pro20 gram (established under section 112(a)(1) of the 

21 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

22 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(a)(1)), commonly referred to 

23 as the Fulbright-Hays Act) to make awards to Pa24 cific Island students to permit such students to 


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1 study in the United States pursuant to the terms 

2 and conditions of such Exchange Program. 

3 (2) OPERATION AND NUMBERS.—The govern4 ments of Pacific Island countries may annually sub5 mit to the Secretary of State the names of between 

6 three and five Pacific Island students to participate 

7 in the one-year program established under para8 graph (1). 

9 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

10 addition to amounts that are otherwise authorized to 

11 be appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal 

12 years 2008 and 2009 to provide awards under the 

13 J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Pro14 gram, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 

15 Secretary $500,000 for each of such fiscal years to 

16 provide such awards to Pacific Island students. 

17 (d) PACIFIC ISLAND STUDENTS DEFINED.—In this 

18 Act, the term ‘‘Pacific Island students’’ means a student 

19 who is a citizen of any of the following countries: 

20 (1) The Cook Islands. 

21 (2) The Federated States of Micronesia. 

22 (3) The Independent State of Samoa. 

23 (4) The Kingdom of Tonga. 

24 (5) Niue. 

25 (6) Papua New Guinea. 


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1 (7) The Republic of Fiji. 

2 (8) The Republic of Kiribati. 

3 (9) The Republic of the Marshall Islands. 

4 (10) The Republic of Nauru. 

5 (11) The Republic of Palau. 

6 (12) The Republic of Vanuatu. 

7 (13) The Solomon Islands. 

8 (14) Tuvalu. 

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