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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1469 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Founda-
tion under the authorities of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senator Paul Simon 
Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to President George W. Bush, 
‘‘America’s leadership and national security rest on 
our commitment to educate and prepare our youth 
for active engagement in the international commu-
nity.’’. 
(2) According to former President William J. 
Clinton, ‘‘Today, the defense of United States inter-
ests, the effective management of global issues, and 
even an understanding of our Nation’s diversity re-
quire ever-greater contact with, and understanding 
of, people and cultures beyond our borders.’’. 
(3) Congress authorized the establishment of 
the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study 
Abroad Fellowship Program pursuant to section 104 
of the Miscellaneous Appropriations and Offsets Act, 
2004 (division H of Public Law 108–199). Pursuant 
to its mandate, the Lincoln Commission has sub-
mitted to Congress and the President a report of its 
recommendations for greatly expanding the oppor-
tunity for students at institutions of higher edu-
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cation in the United States to study abroad, with 
special emphasis on studying in developing nations. 
(4) According to the Lincoln Commission, 
‘‘[s]tudy abroad is one of the major means of pro-
ducing foreign language speakers and enhancing for-
eign language learning’’ and, for that reason, ‘‘is 
simply essential to the [N]ation’s security’’. 
(5) Studies consistently show that United 
States students score below their counterparts in 
other advanced countries on indicators of inter-
national knowledge. This lack of global literacy is a 
national liability in an age of global trade and busi-
ness, global interdependence, and global terror. 
(6) Americans believe that it is important for 
their children to learn other languages, study 
abroad, attend a college where they can interact with 
international students, learn about other countries 
and cultures, and generally be prepared for the glob-
al age. 
(7) In today’s world, it is more important than 
ever for the United States to be a responsible, con-
structive leader that other countries are willing to 
follow. Such leadership cannot be sustained without 
an informed citizenry with significant knowledge and 
awareness of the world. 
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