I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4767 
To encourage the growth of educational exchanges between international 
scholars and United States junior or community colleges and United 
States postsecondary vocational institutions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2025 
Mr. OLSZEWSKI (for himself, Mr. BERA, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. MCIVER, and Mr. THANEDAR) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To encourage the growth of educational exchanges between 
international scholars and United States junior or com-
munity colleges and United States postsecondary voca-
tional institutions, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Community College 
Educational Exchange Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) 
EDUCATIONAL
EXCHANGE.—The 
term 
‘‘educational exchange’’ means an activity listed in 
section 102(a)(1)(B) of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2452(a)(1)(B)). 
(3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble institutions’’ means United States junior or com-
munity colleges and United States postsecondary vo-
cational institutions that the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development have identified that— 
(A) have entered into a grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement with the Department of 
State or the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development; or 
(B) are eligible to participate in programs 
and initiatives under the jurisdiction of either 
such agency. 
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(4) JUNIOR
OR
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.—The 
term ‘‘junior or community college’’ mean an institu-
tion of higher education (as such term is defined in 
section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002(c)))— 
(A) that admits as regular students per-
sons who are beyond the age of compulsory 
school attendance in the State in which the in-
stitution is located and who have the ability to 
benefit from the training offered by the institu-
tion; 
(B) that does not provide an educational 
program for which it awards a bachelor’s degree 
(or an equivalent degree); and 
(C) that— 
(i) provides an educational program of 
not less than 2 years that is acceptable for 
full credit toward such a degree, or 
(ii) offers a 2-year program in engi-
neering, mathematics, or the physical or 
biological sciences, designed to prepare a 
student to work as a technician or at the 
semiprofessional level in engineering, sci-
entific, or other technological fields requir-
ing the understanding and application of 
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basic engineering, scientific, or mathe-
matical principles of knowledge. 
(5) POSTSECONDARY
VOCATIONAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary vocational institu-
tion’’ means a school that— 
(A) provides an eligible program of train-
ing to prepare students for gainful employment 
in a recognized occupation; 
(B) meets the requirements of paragraphs 
(1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 102(c) in the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002(c)); and 
(C) has been in existence for at least 2 
years. 
(6) RELEVANT
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies’’ includes— 
(A) the Department of State; 
(B) the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development; and 
(C) any other Federal department or agen-
cy that is engaged in designing, providing, or 
supporting United States foreign assistance (in-
cluding development finance) that the President 
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determines is relevant for the purposes of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. EXPANDING EXCHANGE PROGRAMMING FOR INTER-
NATIONAL 
SCHOLARS 
AND 
EXPERTS 
TO 
STUDY AT UNITED STATES JUNIOR OR COM-
MUNITY COLLEGES AND UNITED STATES 
POSTSECONDARY 
VOCATIONAL 
INSTITU-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development should seek to strengthen and ex-
pand partnerships and educational exchange opportuni-
ties, including by working with eligible institutions, that 
build the capacity and expertise of students, scholars, and 
experts in key development sectors, including— 
(1) food systems and agriculture-led economic 
growth; 
(2) microenterprise business development and 
entrepreneurship; 
(3) early childhood education; 
(4) engineering; 
(5) information technology; 
(6) media; 
(7) social services, health, and public safety; 
(8) tourism and hospitality management; 
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(9) water, sanitation, and hygiene; 
(10) water security; and 
(11) environmental resilience. 
(b) EXCHANGE PROGRAMMING.—To deepen relation-
ships and educational exchange between foreign partici-
pants from underrepresented backgrounds and the United 
States in ways that advance United States foreign policy 
goals and increase academic collaboration, there is estab-
lished in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 
of the Department of State a Community College and 
Postsecondary Vocational Institution Initiative Program 
to provide scholarships for students, scholars, and tech-
nical experts to spend up to one academic year at eligible 
institutions to support knowledge and skills training in the 
sectors referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF UNITED STATES JUN-
IOR OR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNITED 
STATES POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL IN-
STITUTIONS 
TO 
EXPAND 
STUDY 
ABROAD 
PROGRAMMING. 
(a) CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.—To strengthen 
educational grant opportunities for eligible institutions 
and expand educational exchanges with these institutions, 
there is established in the Bureau of Educational and Cul-
tural Affairs of the Department of State a capacity build-
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ing program to increase the capacity of eligible institutions 
to create and expand study abroad programs for their 
scholars through small-grant and in-person and virtual 
study abroad capacity building activities. This program 
should seek to prepare scholars to contribute to the fields 
critical to United States national and economic security. 
(b) SMALL-GRANT AND IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL 
STUDY ABROAD CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary of State is authorized to award grants, provide 
technical assistance, and develop resources for the pro-
gram outlined in subsection (a) to— 
(1) increase the number of eligible institution 
students participating in study abroad programs; 
(2) provide training for faculty and staff at eli-
gible institutions to design, implement, and sustain 
study abroad programs; 
(3) create and disseminate toolkits, curriculum 
guides, and program templates for eligible institu-
tions seeking to launch or expand study abroad of-
ferings; 
(4) fund faculty and staff training workshops 
on best practices for developing, managing, and sus-
taining study abroad programs; 
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