‘‘(D) 1 shall be appointed by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(E) 1 shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT OF INCUMBENT MEMBERS 
OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Members appointed to 
the Advisory Committee under paragraph (2) may 
include individuals who were members of the Board 
of Directors of the Foundation on the date imme-
diately preceding the date of the enactment of the 
Vietnam Education Foundation Amendments Act of 
2008. 
‘‘(b) SUPERVISION.—The Foundation shall be subject 
to the supervision and direction of the Secretary, working 
through the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cul-
tural Affairs, and in consultation with the Advisory Com-
mittee established under subsection (a).’’. 
(c) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Section 206(a) of such 
Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘to study 
at institutions of higher education in the United 
States at graduate and post-graduate levels’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for post-secondary studies at institutions of 
higher education in the United States’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘may include funding to 
improve’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘may in-
clude funding to— 
‘‘(A) improve’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ‘‘; and 
‘‘(B) prepare the fellowship recipient for 
post-secondary education in any field described 
in paragraph (1)(A).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY
FOR
BASIC
SCIENCES.—In 
awarding fellowships under this subsection, the 
Foundation shall give priority to individuals de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) who are studying the 
basic sciences.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 203— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of State.’’; 
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(2) in section 206(e), by striking ‘‘of the 
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘promulgated by the Sec-
retary’’; 
(3) in section 208— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘BOARD’’ and inserting ‘‘SECRETARY’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Board’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(4) in section 209(b), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(e) MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL
AND CULTURAL EX-
CHANGE ACT OF 1961.—Section 112(a) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2460(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) programs administered by the Vietnam 
Education Foundation.’’. 
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(f) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions and as-
sets of the Vietnam Education Foundation are transferred 
to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the 
Department of State. The Assistant Secretary for Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs may hire personnel who were 
employed by the Vietnam Education Foundation on the 
date before the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
such other personnel as may be necessary to support the 
Foundation, in accordance with part III of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. AMERICAN RESEARCH COLLEGE IN VIETNAM. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Educational 
and Cultural Affairs, is authorized to award 1 or more 
grants to institutions of higher education (as defined in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001(a))), which shall be used to participate in a 
partnership with the Government of the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam to establish an American Research College in 
Vietnam. The purpose of the American Research College 
shall be to provide a high quality general education to Vi-
etnamese undergraduate students. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of higher 
education desiring the grant under this section shall 
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submit an application to the Secretary of State at 
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 
such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require. 
(2) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—Each grant author-
ized under subsection (a) shall be awarded on a 
competitive basis. 
(c) SOURCE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State may use funds made available to the Vietnam Edu-
cation Foundation under section 207(c) of the Vietnam 
Education Foundation Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) 
for the grant awarded under this section. 
(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of State shall en-
courage the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet-
nam to make an appropriate financial or in-kind contribu-
tion to establish and maintain the college established with 
grant funds awarded under this section. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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