110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3062 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations to provide for South Pacific 
exchanges, provide technical and other assistance to 
countries in the Pacific region through the United States 
Agency for International Development, and authorize ap-
propriations to provide Fulbright Scholarships for Pacific 
Island students.
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 ‘‘Pacific Island Eco-
nomic and Educational Development Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRY EXCHANGES. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of State $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
and 2009 for exchanges with Pacific Island countries car-
ried out under the educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams of the Department of State. 
SEC. 3. USAID IN PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES. 
The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) is authorized, upon 
request by the government of a Pacific Island country, to 
provide to such government technical and other assistance. 
SEC. 4. J. FULBRIGHT EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) From 1949 until 2003, the Department of 
State awarded 13,176 Fulbright Scholarships to stu-
dents from East Asia and the Pacific, but only 31 
Fulbright Scholarships went to students from Pa-
cific Island countries.
(2) In the 2003–2004 academic year, the De-
partment of State awarded 315 scholarships to stu-
dents from East Asia and the Pacific, but none were 
awarded to students from Pacific Island countries. 
(b) REVIEW AND REPORT.—The Secretary of State 
shall conduct a review and submit to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
regarding the marginalization of students from Pacific Is-
land countries in the awarding of Fulbright Scholarships. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS FROM PACIFIC IS-
LAND COUNTRIES IN THE J. FULBRIGHT EDUCATIONAL 
EXCHANGE PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 
shall establish a program within the J. William Ful-
bright Educational Exchange Program (established 
under section 112(a)(1) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2460(a)(1)), commonly referred to as the Fulbright- 
Hays Act) to make awards to students from Pacific 
Island countries to permit such students to study in 
the United States pursuant to the terms and condi-
tions of such Exchange Program. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to amounts that are otherwise authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009 to provide awards under the 
J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Pro-
gram, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $500,000 for each of such fiscal years to 
provide such awards to students from Pacific Island 
countries. 
SEC. 5. PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRY DEFINED. 
In this Act, the terms ‘‘Pacific Island country’’ and 
‘‘Pacific Island countries’’ mean any of the following coun-
tries: 
(1) The Cook Islands. 
(2) The Federated States of Micronesia. 
(3) The Independent State of Samoa. 
(4) The Kingdom of Tonga. 
(5) Niue. 
(6) Papua New Guinea. 
(7) The Republic of Fiji. 
(8) The Republic of Kiribati. 
(9) The Republic of the Marshall Islands. 
(10) The Republic of Nauru. 
(11) The Republic of Palau. 
(12) The Republic of Vanuatu.
(13) The Solomon Islands. 
(14) Tuvalu. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 5, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.