rity Language Initiative, a broad-based under-
graduate study abroad program is needed that will 
make many more study abroad opportunities acces-
sible to all undergraduate students, regardless of 
their field of study, ethnicity, socio-economic status, 
or gender. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to significantly enhance the global competi-
tiveness and international knowledge base of the 
United States by ensuring that more United States 
students have the opportunity to acquire foreign lan-
guage skills and international knowledge through 
significantly expanded study abroad; 
(2) to enhance the foreign policy capacity of the 
United States by significantly expanding and diversi-
fying the talent pool of individuals with non-tradi-
tional foreign language skills and cultural knowledge 
in the United States who are available for recruit-
ment by United States foreign affairs agencies, leg-
islative branch agencies, and nongovernmental orga-
nizations involved in foreign affairs activities; 
(3) to ensure that an increasing portion of 
study abroad by United States students will take 
place in nontraditional study abroad destinations 
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such as the People’s Republic of China, countries of 
the Middle East region, and developing countries; 
and 
(4) to create greater cultural understanding of 
the United States by exposing foreign students and 
their families to United States students in countries 
that have not traditionally hosted large numbers of 
United States students. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation established 
pursuant to section 5(d). 
(3) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ means the chief executive 
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officer of the Foundation appointed pursuant to sec-
tion 5(c). 
(4) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foun-
dation established by section 5(a). 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(6) NATIONAL
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term ‘‘national of the United States’’ means a na-
tional of the United States or an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence (as those terms are 
defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 
(6)(7) NONTRADITIONAL STUDY ABROAD DES-
TINATION.—The term ‘‘nontraditional study abroad 
destination’’ means a location that is determined by 
the Foundation to be a less common destination for 
United States students who study abroad. 
(7)(8) STUDY
ABROAD.—The term ‘‘study 
abroad’’ means an educational program of study, 
work, research, internship, or combination thereof 
that is conducted outside the United States and that 
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carries academic credit toward fulfilling the partici-
pating student’s degree requirements. 
(8)(9) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘‘United 
States’’ means any of the several States, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and any other territory or possession of the United 
States. 
(9)(10) UNITED STATES STUDENT.—The term 
‘‘United States student’’ means a national of the 
United States who is enrolled at an institution of 
higher education located within the United States. 
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SEN-
ATOR PAUL SIMON STUDY ABROAD FOUNDA-
TION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
executive branch a corporation to be known as the 
‘‘Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation’’ 
that shall be responsible for carrying out this Act 
under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et 
seq.). The Foundation shall be a government cor-
poration, as defined in section 103 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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