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American preparedness against foreign animal and zoonotic dis-
eases overseas that could harm the Nation’s agricultural and public 
health sectors if they were to reach the United States. 
‘‘(g) CONSTRUCTION; AUTHORITIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or affect 
the following provisions of law: 
‘‘(1) Title V of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656a et seq.). 
‘‘(2) Section 112b(c) of title 1, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) Section 1(e)(2) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)(2)). 
‘‘(4) Sections 2 and 27 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2752 and 22 U.S.C. 2767). 
‘‘(5) Section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2382(c)). 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are 
necessary.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 316, as added by section 1101 
of this Act, the following: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program.’’. 
SEC. 1902. TRANSPARENCY OF FUNDS. 
For each Federal award (as that term is defined in section 
2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 
of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)) under this title or an amendment 
made by this title, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall ensure full and timely compliance with the require-
ments of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 
TITLE XX—9/11 COMMISSION 
INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘9/11 Commission International 
Implementation Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2002. DEFINITION. 
In this title, except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’— 
(1) means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) includes, for purposes of subtitle D, the Committees 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and of 
the Senate.
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Subtitle A—Quality Educational Opportu-
nities in Predominantly Muslim Coun-
tries. 
SEC. 2011. FINDINGS; POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The report of the National Commission on Terrorist 
Attacks Upon the United States stated that ‘‘[e]ducation that 
teaches tolerance, the dignity and value of each individual, 
and respect for different beliefs is a key element in any global 
strategy to eliminate Islamist terrorism’’. 
(2) The report of the National Commission on Terrorist 
Attacks Upon the United States concluded that ensuring edu-
cational opportunity is essential to the efforts of the United 
States to defeat global terrorism and recommended that the 
United States Government ‘‘should offer to join with other 
nations in generously supporting [spending funds] . . . directly 
for building and operating primary and secondary schools in 
those Muslim states that commit to sensibly investing their 
own money in public education’’. 
(3) While Congress endorsed such a program in the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–458), such a program has not been established. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to work toward the goal of dramatically increasing 
the availability of modern basic education through public 
schools in predominantly Muslim countries, which will reduce 
the influence of radical madrassas and other institutions that 
promote religious extremism; 
(2) to join with other countries in generously supporting 
the International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund authorized 
under section 7114 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004, as amended by section 2012 of this 
Act, with the goal of building and supporting public primary 
and secondary schools in predominantly Muslim countries that 
commit to sensibly investing the resources of such countries 
in modern public education; 
(3) to offer additional incentives to increase the availability 
of modern basic education in predominantly Muslim countries; 
and 
(4) to work to prevent financing of educational institutions 
that support radical Islamic fundamentalism. 
SEC. 2012. INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM YOUTH OPPORTUNITY FUND. 
Section 7114 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2228) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 7114. INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM YOUTH OPPORTUNITY FUND. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to strengthen 
the public educational systems in predominantly Muslim countries 
by— 
‘‘(1) authorizing the establishment of an International 
Muslim Youth Educational Fund through which the United 
States dedicates resources, either through a separate fund or
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through an international organization, to assist those countries 
that commit to education reform; and 
‘‘(2) providing resources for the Fund and to the President 
to help strengthen the public educational systems in those 
countries. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to establish 
an International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund and to carry 
out programs consistent with paragraph (4) under existing 
authorities, including the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (commonly referred to as the ‘Fulbright- 
Hays Act’). 
‘‘(2) LOCATION.—The Fund may be established— 
‘‘(A) as a separate fund in the Treasury; or 
‘‘(B) through an international organization or inter-
national financial institution, such as the United Nations 
Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, the United 
Nations Development Program, or the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFERS AND RECEIPTS.—The head of any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment may transfer any amount to the Fund, and the Fund 
may receive funds from private enterprises, foreign countries, 
or other entities. 
‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES
OF
THE
FUND.—The Fund shall support 
programs described in this paragraph to improve the education 
environment in predominantly Muslim countries. 
‘‘(A) ASSISTANCE TO ENHANCE MODERN EDUCATIONAL 
PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(i) The establishment in predominantly Muslim 
countries of a program of reform to create a modern 
education curriculum in the public educational systems 
in such countries. 
‘‘(ii) The establishment or modernization of edu-
cational materials to advance a modern educational 
curriculum in such systems. 
‘‘(iii) Teaching English to adults and children. 
‘‘(iv) The enhancement in predominantly Muslim 
countries of community, family, and student participa-
tion in the formulation and implementation of edu-
cation strategies and programs in such countries. 
‘‘(B) ASSISTANCE
FOR
TRAINING
AND
EXCHANGE
PRO-
GRAMS FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STUDENTS.— 
‘‘(i) The establishment of training programs for 
teachers and educational administrators to enhance 
skills, including the establishment of regional centers 
to train individuals who can transfer such skills upon 
return to their countries. 
‘‘(ii) The establishment of exchange programs for 
teachers and administrators in predominantly Muslim 
countries and with other countries to stimulate addi-
tional ideas and reform throughout the world, including 
teacher training exchange programs focused on pri-
mary school teachers in such countries. 
‘‘(iii) The establishment of exchange programs for 
primary and secondary students in predominantly 
Muslim countries and with other countries to foster
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understanding and tolerance and to stimulate long- 
standing relationships. 
‘‘(C) ASSISTANCE TARGETING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY 
STUDENTS.— 
‘‘(i) The establishment in predominantly Muslim 
countries of after-school programs, civic education pro-
grams, and education programs focusing on life skills, 
such as inter-personal skills and social relations and 
skills for healthy living, such as nutrition and physical 
fitness. 
‘‘(ii) The establishment in predominantly Muslim 
countries of programs to improve the proficiency of 
primary and secondary students in information tech-
nology skills. 
‘‘(D) ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH PROFES-
SIONALS.— 
‘‘(i) The establishment of programs in predomi-
nantly Muslim countries to improve vocational training 
in trades to help strengthen participation of Muslims 
and Arabs in the economic development of their coun-
tries. 
‘‘(ii) The establishment of programs in predomi-
nantly Muslim countries that target older Muslim 
youths not in school in such areas as entrepreneurial 
skills, 
accounting, 
micro-finance 
activities, 
work 
training, financial literacy, and information technology. 
‘‘(E) OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(i) The translation of foreign books, newspapers, 
reference guides, and other reading materials into local 
languages. 
‘‘(ii) The construction and equipping of modern 
community and university libraries. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the President to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008, 2009, 
and 2010. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 
are authorized to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (a) shall be in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
‘‘(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section and annually there-
after until January 30, 2010, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on United 
States efforts to assist in the improvement of educational 
opportunities for predominantly Muslim children and youths, 
including the progress made toward establishing the Inter-
national Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund. 
‘‘(7) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate.’’.