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‘‘(i) The translation of foreign books, 
newspapers, reference guides, and other 
reading materials into local languages. 
‘‘(ii) The construction and equipping 
of modern community and university li-
braries. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the President to carry out 
this section such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010. 
‘‘(B) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations under subsection (a) are authorized to 
remain available until expended. 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL
FUNDS.—Amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection 
(a) shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
‘‘(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion and annually thereafter, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on United States efforts to assist in the im-
provement of educational opportunities for Arab and 
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predominantly Muslim children and youths, includ-
ing the progress made toward establishing the Inter-
national Arab and Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund. 
‘‘(7) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ means the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 1413. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1 of each 
year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the efforts of 
Arab and predominantly Muslim countries to increase the 
availability of modern basic education and to close edu-
cational institutions that promote religious extremism and 
terrorism. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report shall include— 
(1) a list of Arab and predominantly Muslim 
countries that are making serious and sustained ef-
forts to improve the availability of modern basic edu-
cation and to close educational institutions that pro-
mote religious extremism and terrorism; 
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(2) a list of such countries that are making ef-
forts to improve the availability of modern basic edu-
cation and to close educational institutions that pro-
mote religious extremism and terrorism, but such ef-
forts are not serious and sustained; 
(3) a list of such countries that are not making 
efforts to improve the availability of modern basic 
education and to close educational institutions that 
promote religious extremism and terrorism; and 
(4) an assessment for each country specified in 
each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of the role of 
United States assistance with respect to the efforts 
made or not made to improve the availability of 
modern basic education and close educational insti-
tutions that promote religious extremism and ter-
rorism. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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SEC. 1414. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM TO PROVIDE GRANTS 
TO 
AMERICAN-SPONSORED 
SCHOOLS 
IN 
ARAB AND PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUN-
TRIES TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Section 7113 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub. Law 108– 
458) authorized the establishment of a pilot pro-
gram to provide grants to American-sponsored 
schools in Arab and predominantly Muslim countries 
so that such schools could provide scholarships to 
young people from lower-income and middle-income 
families in such countries to attend such schools, 
where they could improve their English and be ex-
posed to a modern education. 
(2) Since the date of the enactment of that sec-
tion, the Middle East Partnership Initiative has pur-
sued implementation of that program. 
(b) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7113 of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 is amended— 
(A) in the section heading— 
(i) by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘ARAB AND’’ before 
‘‘PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM’’; 
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(B) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting 
‘‘Arab and’’ before ‘‘predominantly Muslim’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Arab and’’ 
before ‘‘predominantly Muslim’’; 
(D) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘PILOT’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘countries with pre-
dominantly Muslim populations’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Arab and predominantly Muslim 
countries’’; 
(E) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘pilot’’ 
each place it appears; 
(F) in subsection (f)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘an Arab or’’ before 
‘‘a predominantly Muslim country’’; 
(G) in subsection (g), in the first sen-
tence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and April 15, 2008,’’ 
after ‘‘April 15, 2006,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 
(H) in subsection (h)— 
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