I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2152 
To authorize appropriations to provide Fulbright Scholarships for Pacific 
Island students. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2007 
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations 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 Islands Ful-
bright Scholarship Fund Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. 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-
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dents from East Asia and the Pacific, but only 31 
Fulbright Scholarships went to Pacific Island stu-
dents. 
(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 Pacific Island students. 
(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 Pacific Island students 
in the awarding of Fulbright Scholarships. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF PACIFIC ISLAND STUDENTS 
IN THE J. FULBRIGHT EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 
shall establish an annual one-year program within 
the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Pro-
gram (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 Pa-
cific Island students to permit such students to 
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study in the United States pursuant to the terms 
and conditions of such Exchange Program. 
(2) OPERATION AND NUMBERS.—The govern-
ments of Pacific Island countries may annually sub-
mit to the Secretary of State the names of between 
three and five Pacific Island students to participate 
in the one-year program established under para-
graph (1). 
(3) 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 Pacific Island students. 
(d) PACIFIC ISLAND STUDENTS DEFINED.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘Pacific Island students’’ means a student 
who is a citizen of any of the following countries: 
(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. 
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(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. 
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