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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2869 
To establish a pilot program of Central Asian scholarships for undergraduate 
and graduate level public policy internships in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2007 
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish a pilot program of Central Asian scholarships 
for undergraduate and graduate level public policy in-
ternships in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Central Asia Education 
Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. CENTRAL ASIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR PUB-
LIC POLICY INTERNSHIPS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—As part of the 
educational and cultural exchange programs of the De-
partment of State, the Secretary of State shall establish 
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a pilot program for the fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, 
of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students 
from Central Asia for public policy internships in the 
United States. Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, for each fiscal year 50 students shall participate in 
the program established under this section. 
(b) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the program established pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be carried out under ap-
plicable provisions of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961. 
(2) 
SCHOLARSHIP
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In addition to such other requirements as 
may be established by the Secretary of State, a 
scholarship recipient under this section— 
(A) shall be proficient in the English lan-
guage; 
(B) shall be a student at an undergraduate 
or graduate school level at an accredited insti-
tution of higher education with a record of out-
standing academic achievement and dem-
onstrated intellectual abilities; 
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(C) may not have received an academic 
scholarship or grant from the United States 
Government in the 3 years preceding the award 
of a scholarship under this section; and 
(D) may not be or have been a member of 
a terrorist organization or involved in any ter-
rorist armed insurrection or organized crime. 
(3) INTERNSHIPS.—Internships under this sec-
tion shall be for periods of not more than 6 months. 
(4) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—In the award 
of internships under this section, the Secretary shall 
give priority consideration to— 
(A) students who are underprivileged or 
members of ethnic, religious or cultural minori-
ties; and 
(B) 
students 
from 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. 
(5) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Central Asia’’ means the countries 
of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
and Uzbekistan. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to such amounts as are otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated for the Department of State for educational 
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and cultural exchange programs, there are authorized to 
be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 
and 2010, $600,000 to carry out this section. 
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