(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief Executive 
Officer shall be compensated at the rate pro-
vided for level III level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(B) AMENDMENT.—Section 5314 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘Chief Executive Officer, Senator Paul Simon 
Study Abroad Foundation.’’. 
(5) AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer shall be responsible for the manage-
ment of the Foundation and shall exercise the pow-
ers and discharge the duties of the Foundation. 
(6) AUTHORITY
TO
APPOINT
OFFICERS.—In 
consultation and with approval of the Board, the 
Chief Executive Officer shall appoint all officers of 
the Foundation. 
(d) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the 
Foundation a Board of Directors. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall perform the 
functions specified to be carried out by the Board in 
this Act and may prescribe, amend, and repeal by-
laws, rules, regulations, and procedures governing 
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the manner in which the business of the Foundation 
may be conducted and in which the powers granted 
to it by law may be exercised. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist 
of— 
(A) the Secretary of State (or the Sec-
retary’s designee), the Secretary of Education 
(or the Secretary’s designee), the Secretary of 
Defense (or the Secretary’s designee), and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (or the Administra-
tor’s designee); and 
(B) five other individuals with relevant ex-
perience in matters relating to study abroad 
(such as individuals who represent institutions 
of higher education, business organizations, for-
eign policy organizations, or other relevant or-
ganizations) who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, of which— 
(i) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
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(ii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(iii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the Senate; and 
(iv) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the Senate. 
(4) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The Chief 
Executive Officer of the Foundation shall serve as a 
nonvoting, ex officio member of the Board. 
(5) TERMS.— 
(A) OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—Each member of the Board described 
in paragraph (3)(A) shall serve for a term that 
is concurrent with the term of service of the in-
dividual’s position as an officer within the other 
Federal department or agency. 
(B) OTHER MEMBERS.—Each member of 
the Board described in paragraph (3)(B) shall 
be appointed for a term of 3 years and may be 
reappointed for a term of an additional 3 years 
one additional 3 year term. 
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(C) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Board 
shall be filled in the manner in which the origi-
nal appointment was made. 
(6) CHAIRPERSON.—There shall be a Chair-
person of the Board. The Secretary of State (or the 
Secretary’s designee) shall serve as the Chairperson. 
(7) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Board described in paragraph (3) shall con-
stitute a quorum, which, except with respect to a 
meeting of the Board during the 135-day period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
shall include at least one member of the Board de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B). 
(8) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the 
call of the Chairperson. 
(9) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A member of the 
Board described in paragraph (3)(A) may 
not receive additional pay, allowances, or 
benefits by reason of the member’s service 
on the Board. 
(ii) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each such 
member of the Board shall receive travel 
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expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in accordance with applicable pro-
visions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(B) OTHER MEMBERS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), a member of the Board de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B) while away 
from the member’s home or regular place 
of business on necessary travel in the ac-
tual performance of duties as a member of 
the Board, shall be paid per diem, travel, 
and transportation expenses in the same 
manner as is provided under subchapter I 
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—A member of the 
Board may not be paid compensation 
under clause (i) for more than 90 days in 
any calendar year. 
SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.—There is 
hereby established a program, which shall— 
(1) be administered by the Foundation; and 
(2) award grants to— 
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(A) United States students for study 
abroad; 
(B) nongovernmental institutions that pro-
vide and promote study abroad opportunities 
for United States students, in consortium with 
institutions described in subparagraph (C); and 
(c) (C) institutions of higher education, in-
dividually or in consortium, 
in order to accomplish the objectives set forth in 
subsection (b). 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the program es-
tablished under subsection (a) are that, within 10 years 
of the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) not less than one million undergraduate 
United States students will study abroad annually 
for credit; 
(2) the demographics of study-abroad participa-
tion will reflect the demographics of the United 
States undergraduate population, including students 
enrolled in community colleges, minority-serving in-
stitutions, and institutions serving large numbers of 
low-income and first-generation students; and 
(3) an increasing portion of study abroad will 
take place in nontraditional study abroad destina-
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tions, with a substantial portion of such increases 
taking place in developing countries. 
(c) MANDATE OF THE PROGRAM.—In order to ac-
complish the objectives set forth in subsection (b), the 
Foundation shall, in administering the program estab-
lished under subsection (a), take fully into account the rec-
ommendations of the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln 
Study Abroad Fellowship Program (established pursuant 
to section 104 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations and 
Offsets Act, 2004 (division H of Public Law 108–199)). 
(d) STRUCTURE OF GRANTS.—In accordance with 
the recommendations of the Commission on the Abraham 
Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program, grants award-
ed under the program established under subsection (a) 
shall be structured to the maximum extent practicable to 
promote appropriate reforms in institutions of higher edu-
cation in order to remove barriers to participation by stu-
dents in study abroad. 
(d) STRUCTURE OF GRANTS.— 
(1) PROMOTING REFORM.—In accordance with 
the recommendations of the Commission on the Abra-
ham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program, 
grants awarded under the program established under 
subsection (a) shall be structured to the maximum ex-
tent practicable to promote appropriate reforms in 
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institutions of higher education in order to remove 
barriers to participation by students in study abroad. 
(2) GRANTS
TO
INDIVIDUALS
AND
INSTITU-
TIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(A) the Foundation should award not more 
than 25 percent of the funds awarded as grants 
to individuals described in subparagraph (A) of 
subsection (a)(2) and not less than 75 percent of 
such funds to institutions described in subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) of such subsection; and 
(B) the Foundation should ensure that not 
less than 85 percent of the amount awarded to 
such institutions is used to award scholarships to 
students. 
(e) BALANCE
OF LONG-TERM
AND SHORT-TERM 
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS.—In administering the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Foundation 
shall seek an appropriate balance between— 
(1) longer-term study abroad programs, which 
maximize foreign-language learning and intercultural 
understanding; and 
(2) shorter-term study abroad programs, which 
maximize the accessibility of study abroad to non-
traditional students. 
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