accompanied by such information as the Director may rea-
sonably require.
(2) Each application submitted pursuant to para-
graph (1) shall—
(A) describe the activities for which assistance
under this section is sought; and
(B) provide such additional assurances as the
Director determines to be essential to ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of this title.
(d) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Grants may be made
to eligible organizations only if such organizations agree
to comply with the requirements specified in this title.
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this title, the
Director shall—
(1) encourage colleges and universities receiving
students to supplement public grants with their own
resources, to the extent possible; and
(2) allow for a wide range of United States in-
stitutions to participate in programs under this title.
(f) COMPLIANCE WITH BUDGET ACT.—The author-
ity to make grants under this title shall be effective only
to such extent or in such amount as are provided in appro-
priations Acts.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title—
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the United States Information Agency;
(2) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the same meaning as is given to such term by
section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965; and
(3) the term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the same
meaning given to such term by section 1471(21) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965.
SEC. 102. SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
(a) GRANT USES.—(1) Grants awarded under section
101(a)(1) shall be used to finance—
(A) visits of short duration by eligible secondary
school students, to the United States, to any of the
independent states of the former Soviet Union, or to
any Baltic state; or
(B) studies, instruction, and other educational
exchange activities in the United States, in any of
the independent states of the former Soviet Union,
or in any Baltic state, each educational exchange ac-
tivity lasting not less than one semester or more
than one year, for eligible secondary school students.
(2) Of the amount of grants awarded under section
101(a)(1), not more than 35 percent in fiscal year 1994
may be used for the purpose of paragraph (1)(A).
(b) CONDITIONS.—(1) The Director may require that
a portion of a grant awarded under section 101(a)(1) be
used only for educational activities that are conditioned
on the reciprocal exchange of American students.
(2) Not more than 25 percent of the total amount
of grant funds awarded under section 101(a)(1) may be
used to finance educational exchanges of American stu-
dents under this section.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘eligible secondary school student’’ means a second-
ary school student from the United States, any of the
independent states of the former Soviet Union, or any Bal-
tic state who—
(1) is at least 15 years of age;
(2) is attending school at a grade level equiva-
lent to any of the grade levels 10 through 12 in
United States secondary schools or has just com-
pleted secondary school in any of the independent
states of the former Soviet Union or any Baltic
state; and
(3) has a minimum level of proficiency in Eng-
lish, as determined by testing.
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—(1) To the maximum extent
practicable, a grant under this section shall be used to
support the activities described in subsection (a) for sec-
ondary school students of widely divergent backgrounds.
(2) The recruitment of foreign students under this
section shall be carried out in an efficient, uniform man-
ner, preferably under direction of a United States-based
group or organization under guidelines established by the
Director.
(3) The selection and examination of students from
the former Soviet Union and Baltic states under this sec-
tion should be a cooperative effort with input from organi-
zations involved in the placement of the exchange stu-
dents.
(4) The specific structure for this cooperative effort
should be approved by the Director as part of the granting
of funds for selection and examination of students.
(5) The selection process under this section should
be designed to ensure selection of a representative group
of students from the former Soviet Union and the Baltic
states.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purpose, there
are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994 to carry out this section.
SEC. 103. SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ADMINIS-
TRATORS.
(a) GRANT USES.—(1) Grants awarded under section
101(a)(2) shall be used to finance visits of at least four
weeks duration for eligible secondary school teachers and
administrators to the United States, to any of the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union, or to any Bal-
tic state.
(2) Visits financed under this section—
(A) shall focus on a particular area of study or
project and may involve seminars, with special em-
phasis on classroom practicums; and
(B) should, where possible, be developed and co-
ordinated with programs established under section
102.
(b) PRIORITY EXCHANGES.—Preference under this
section is to be given to foreign teachers and administra-
tors interested in the social sciences, the humanities,
teaching English, and acquiring knowledge or skills appli-
cable to building democratic institutions.
(c) RESTRICTION.—Not more than 25 percent of the
total amount of funds awarded under this section may be
used to finance educational exchanges of American sec-
ondary teachers and administrators.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994 to carry out this section.
SEC. 104. POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS.
(a) COLLEGE STUDENTS.—
(1) GRANT USES.—Grants awarded under sec-
tion 101(a)(3) shall be used to finance studies, re-
search, instruction, and other educational exchange
activities for eligible college students in institutions
of higher education in the United States, in any of
the independent states of the former Soviet Union,
or in any Baltic state, each educational exchange ac-
tivity lasting not less than one semester or more
than one year, with special emphasis on—
(A) those foreign students who are inter-
ested in studying the social sciences and hu-
manities;
(B) those foreign students who are study-
ing to become English teachers; and
(C) those foreign students who are seeking
to acquire knowledge or skills applicable to re-
structuring the economy or building democratic
institutions.
(2) CONDITION.—(A) The Director may require
that an eligible organization, in order to receive a
grant under section 101(a)(3), agree to use a por-
tion of such grant for educational activities that are
conditioned on the institution of higher education
providing an eligible college student with some finan-
cial resources, either in the form of room and board
or as a waiver of tuition.
(B) Not more than 25 percent of the total
amount of grant funds awarded under this sub-
section may be used to finance educational ex-
changes of American students under this section.
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘eligible college student’’ means a
student enrolled in four-year programs of study at
a college or university in the United States, any of
the independent states of the former Soviet Union,
or any Baltic state, including any American-founded
school in the former Soviet Union, and who—
(A) has completed at least one year of
study and is not in the last year of such study;
and
(B) in the case of a foreign student, is suf-
ficiently proficient in English to undertake the
course of study proposed, as determined by
testing.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
pose, there are authorized to be appropriated
$9,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this
subsection.
(b) GRADUATE STUDENTS.—
(1) GRANTS USES.—Grants awarded under sec-
tion 101(a)(3) shall be used to finance studies, re-
search, instruction, and other educational exchange
activities for eligible graduate students in the United
States, in any of the independent states of the
former Soviet Union, or in any Baltic state, each
educational exchange activity lasting not less than
one semester or more than one year, with special
emphasis on—
(A) those foreign students who are inter-
ested in studying the social sciences and hu-
manities;
(B) those foreign students who are study-
ing to become English teachers; and
(C) those foreign students who are seeking
to acquire knowledge or skills applicable to re-
structuring the economy or building democratic
institutions.
(2) CONDITION.—Not more than 25 percent of
the total amount of grant funds awarded under this
subsection may be used to finance educational ex-
changes of American students under this section.
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘eligible graduate student’’ means a stu-
dent from the United States, any of the independent
states of the former Soviet Union, or any Baltic
state, including any student attending an American-
founded university in the former Soviet Union,
who—
(A) is enrolled in a graduate course of
study at a college or university;
(B) has completed one year of such study;
and
(C) in the case of a foreign student, is suf-
ficiently proficient in English to undertake the
course of study proposed, as determined by
testing.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
pose, there are authorized to be appropriated
$9,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this
subsection.
(c) COMMUNITY COLLEGES.—(1) Grants awarded
under this subsection shall be used to finance—
(A) studies and research in any of the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union, or in any
Baltic state;
(B) vocational retraining of foreign students
from the former Soviet Union or Baltic states; and
(C) faculty and student exchange activity last-
ing not less than one semester or more than one
year,
with special emphasis on—
(i) those foreign students who are inter-
ested in studying the social sciences and hu-
manities;
(ii) those foreign students who are study-
ing to become English teachers; and
(iii) those foreign students who are seeking
to acquire knowledge or skills applicable to re-
structuring the economy or building democratic
institutions.
(2) An individual is eligible for a grant under this
section who—
(A) is least 18 years of age;
(B) has completed secondary school in the Unit-
ed States, any of the independent states of the
former Soviet Union, or any Baltic states;
(C) if an American, is enrolled in a community
college and has completed at least one year of study;
and
(D) in the case of foreign students, is suffi-
ciently proficient in English to undertake the course
of study proposed, as determined by testing.
(3) In addition to funds otherwise available for such
purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated
$6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this sub-
section.
SEC. 105. ‘‘SISTER’’ UNIVERSITY PROGRAM.
(a) GRANT USES.—(1) Grants awarded under section
101(a)(4) shall be used to finance exchanges of college and
university educators of eligible paired institutions for the
purpose of developing curriculum and otherwise strength-
ening ties between the independent states of the former
Soviet Union and the Baltic states and the United States
at the institutional level.
(2) Each grant awarded under this subsection shall
not exceed $100,000.
(3) Each grant awarded under this subsection to eli-
gible paired institutions may be disbursed during a period
of two fiscal years.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘eligible paired institutions’’ means, in fiscal year
1994, a pairing by the Director of one United States insti-
tution of higher education with a college or university in
any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union
or any Baltic state wherever such pairing is likely to pro-
mote a continuing relationship between the institutions
after the termination of assistance under this title.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purpose, there
are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994 to carry out this section.
TITLE II—OTHER TRAINING AND
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
SEC. 
201. 
PROGRAMS 
OF 
THE 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The President shall es-
tablish and carry out technical assistance and exchange
programs with the independent states of the former Soviet
Union and the Baltic states in accordance with this title.
Such programs may be implemented by grants to eligible