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SEC. 505. DOMESTIC RELEASE OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA 
FILM ENTITLED ‘‘A FATEFUL HARVEST’’. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 208 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) and section 501(b) 
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461(b)), the Director of 
the International Broadcasting Bureau shall provide a 
master copy of the film entitled ‘‘A Fateful Harvest’’ to 
the Archivist of the United States for domestic release in 
accordance with subsection (b). 
(b) DOMESTIC RELEASE.—Upon evidence that nec-
essary United States rights and licenses have been secured 
by the person seeking domestic release of the film referred 
to in subsection (a), the Archivist shall— 
(1) deposit the film in the National Archives of 
the United States; and 
(2) make copies of the film available for pur-
chase and public viewing within the United States. 
SEC. 506. ESTABLISHING PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR 
RADIO FREE ASIA. 
Section 309 of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘, and shall 
further specify that funds to carry out the activities 
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of Radio Free Asia may not be available after Sep-
tember 30, 2010’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (f); and 
(3) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
subsection (f) and (g), respectively. 
TITLE VI—PEACE CORPS 
SEC. 601. FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On October 14, 1960, then Senator John F. 
Kennedy addressed students on the steps of the Uni-
versity of Michigan Union to enlist their effort to 
make the world a better place by serving their coun-
try abroad. 
(2) On March 1, 1961, then President John F. 
Kennedy signed an Executive Order establishing a 
Peace Corps that was ‘‘designed to permit our peo-
ple to exercise more fully their responsibilities in the 
great common cause of world development’’. 
(3) Since its establishment, the Peace Corps 
has been guided by its mission to promote world 
peace and friendship and has sought to fulfill the 
following three goals: 
(A) To help the people of interested coun-
tries in meeting their needs for trained men 
and women. 
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(B) To promote a better understanding of 
Americans on the part of the peoples served. 
(C) To help promote a better under-
standing of other peoples on the part of Ameri-
cans. 
(4) Over the last 48 years, nearly 200,000 
Peace Corps volunteers have served in 139 countries. 
(5) The Peace Corps is the world’s premier 
international service organization dedicated to pro-
moting sustainable grassroots development by work-
ing with host communities in the areas of agri-
culture, business development, education, the envi-
ronment, health and HIV/AIDS, and youth. 
(6) The Peace Corps remains committed to 
sending well trained and well supported Peace Corps 
volunteers overseas to promote peace, friendship, 
cross-cultural awareness, and mutual understanding 
between the United States and other countries. The 
Peace Corps has an impressive record of engen-
dering good will through the service that American 
volunteers provide. 
(7) Recognizing the Peace Corps’ unique and 
effective role in promoting volunteer service by 
American citizens, President Obama and Vice Presi-
dent Biden announced their intent to double the size 
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of Peace Corps in an expeditious and effective man-
ner. 
(8) Over 13,000 Americans applied in 2008 to 
volunteer their service to serve the world’s poorest 
communities in the Peace Corps, a 16 percent in-
crease over the nearly 11,000 applications received 
in 2007. 
(9) Under current funding levels, the Peace 
Corps is able to provide new placements for only 
one-third of the American applicants seeking the op-
portunity to serve their country and the world. At 
the end of fiscal year 2008, there were nearly 8,000 
Peace Corps volunteers serving in 76 countries 
around the world. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to— 
(1) double the number of Peace Corps volun-
teers and strengthen and improve the Peace Corps 
and its programs; 
(2) improve the coordination of Peace Corps 
programs with development programs of other Fed-
eral departments and agencies, without diminishing 
the independence of the Peace Corps; and 
(3) promote all types of volunteerism by Ameri-
cans in the developing world. 
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SEC. 602. AMENDMENTS TO THE PEACE CORPS ACT. 
(a) PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM.—The Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 5 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5A. PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM. 
‘‘The Director of the Peace Corps is authorized to 
establish a special program that assigns returned Peace 
Corps volunteers or other volunteers to provide short-term 
development or other relief assistance or to otherwise be 
assigned or made available to any entity referred to in sub-
section (a)(1) of section 10. The term of such service shall 
be less than the term of service of a volunteer under sec-
tion 5. Except to the extent determined necessary and ap-
propriate by the Director, the program established under 
this section may not cause a diminution in the number 
or quality of projects or volunteers assigned to longer term 
assignments under section 5.’’ 
(b) COORDINATION OF PEACE CORPS PROGRAMS.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 4(c) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
U.S.C. 2503(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The Director of the Peace Corps shall, as 
appropriate and to the maximum extent practicable 
without diminishing any program or operational 
independence, work with the heads of Federal de-
partments and agencies to identify synergies and 
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avoid duplication of efforts with Peace Corps pro-
grams in the field and at headquarters.’’. 
(c) VOLUNTEER LEADERS.—Section 6 (22 U.S.C. 
2505) of the Peace Corps Act is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the term’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the term’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the colon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and the term ‘partner’ means an in-
dividual identified in good faith by a volunteer 
leader as the long-term or committed same-sex 
partner of such volunteer leader’’; and 
(2) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by inserting 
‘‘, partners,’’ after ‘‘spouses’’ each place it appears. 
(d) READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCE.—Subsection (c) of 
section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(c)) is 
amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘$125’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$225’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$270,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 
$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
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SEC. 603. REPORT. 
(a) PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM REPORT.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the Peace Corps Response Program or any similar pro-
gram developed under in accordance with section 5A of 
the Peace Corps Act (as added by section 602(a) of this 
Act), including information on the following: 
(1) The achievements and challenges of the 
Peace Corps Response Program or any similar pro-
gram since its inception as the Peace Corps Crisis 
Corps in 1996. 
(2) The goals, objectives, program areas, and 
growth projections for the Peace Corps Response 
Program or any similar program from fiscal year 
2010 through fiscal year 2011. 
(3) The process and standards for selecting 
partner organizations and projects for the Peace 
Corps Response Program or any similar program. 
(4) The standards and requirements used to se-
lect volunteers for service under the Peace Corps Re-
sponse Program or any similar program. 
(5) The measures used to evaluate projects of 
the Peace Corps Response Program or any similar 
program and the effectiveness of volunteers assigned 
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to such Program or similar program at achieving 
identified objectives. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
progress made in carrying out this section, including ef-
forts to strengthen coordination between the Peace Corps 
and other Federal departments and agencies carrying out 
development assistance programs (as required under para-
graph (2) of section 4(c) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
U.S.C. 2503(c)), as amended by section 602(b) of this 
Act). 
TITLE 
VII—SENATOR 
PAUL 
SIMON STUDY ABROAD FOUN-
DATION ACT OF 2009 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senator Paul Simon 
Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 702. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to former President George W. 
Bush, ‘‘America’s leadership and national security 
rest on our commitment to educate and prepare our 
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youth for active engagement in the international 
community.’’. 
(2) According to former President William J. 
Clinton, ‘‘Today, the defense of United States inter-
ests, the effective management of global issues, and 
even an understanding of our Nation’s diversity re-
quire ever-greater contact with, and understanding 
of, people and cultures beyond our borders.’’. 
(3) Congress authorized the establishment of 
the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study 
Abroad Fellowship Program pursuant to section 104 
of the Miscellaneous Appropriations and Offsets Act, 
2004 (division h of Public Law 108–199). Pursuant 
to its mandate, the Lincoln Commission has sub-
mitted to Congress and the President a report of its 
recommendations for greatly expanding the oppor-
tunity for students at institutions of higher edu-
cation in the United States to study abroad, with 
special emphasis on studying in developing nations. 
(4) According to the Lincoln Commission, 
‘‘[s]tudy abroad is one of the major means of pro-
ducing foreign language speakers and enhancing for-
eign language learning’’ and, for that reason, ‘‘is 
simply essential to the [N]ation’s security.’’. 
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(5) Studies consistently show that United 
States students score below their counterparts in 
other advanced countries on indicators of inter-
national knowledge. This lack of global literacy is a 
national liability in an age of global trade and busi-
ness, global interdependence, and global terror. 
(6) Americans believe that it is important for 
their children to learn other languages, study 
abroad, attend a college where they can interact with 
international students, learn about other countries 
and cultures, and generally be prepared for the glob-
al age. 
(7) In today’s world, it is more important than 
ever for the United States to be a responsible, con-
structive leader that other countries are willing to 
follow. Such leadership cannot be sustained without 
an informed citizenry with significant knowledge and 
awareness of the world. 
(8) Study abroad has proven to be a very effec-
tive means of imparting international and foreign 
language competency to students. 
(9) In any given year, only approximately one 
percent of all students enrolled in United States in-
stitutions of higher education study abroad. 
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(10) Less than 10 percent of the students who 
graduate from United States institutions of higher 
education with bachelors degrees have studied 
abroad. 
(11) Far more study abroad must take place in 
developing countries. Ninety-five percent of the 
world’s population growth over the next 50 years 
will occur outside of Europe, yet in the academic 
year 2004–2005, 60 percent of United States stu-
dents studying abroad studied in Europe, and 45 
percent studied in four countries—the United King-
dom, Italy, Spain, and France. 
(12) The Final Report of the National Commis-
sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
(the 9/11 Commission Report) recommended that 
the United States increase support for ‘‘scholarship, 
exchange, and library programs’’. The 9/11 Public 
Discourse Project, successor to the 9/11 Commis-
sion, noted in its November 14, 2005, status report 
that this recommendation was ‘‘unfulfilled,’’ and 
stated that ‘‘[t]he U.S. should increase support for 
scholarship and exchange programs, our most power-
ful tool to shape attitudes over the course of a gen-
eration.’’. In its December 5, 2005, Final Report on 
the 9/11 Commission Recommendations, the 9/11 
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Public Discourse Project gave the government a 
grade of ‘‘D’’ for its implementation of this rec-
ommendation. 
(13) Investing in a national study abroad pro-
gram would help turn a grade of ‘‘D’’ into an ‘‘A’’ 
by equipping United States students to communicate 
United States values and way of life through the 
unique dialogue that takes place among citizens 
from around the world when individuals study 
abroad. 
(14) An enhanced national study abroad pro-
gram could help further the goals of other United 
States Government initiatives to promote edu-
cational, social, and political reform and the status 
of women in developing and reforming societies 
around the world, such as the Middle East Partner-
ship Initiative. 
(15) To complement such worthwhile Federal 
programs and initiatives as the Benjamin A. Gilman 
International Scholarship Program, the National Se-
curity Education Program, and the National Secu-
rity Language Initiative, a broad-based under-
graduate study abroad program is needed that will 
make many more study abroad opportunities acces-
sible to all undergraduate students, regardless of 
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their field of study, ethnicity, socio-economic status, 
or gender. 
(16) To restore America’s standing in the 
world, President Barack Obama has said that he will 
call on our nation’s greatest resource, our people, to 
reach out to and engage with other nations. 
SEC. 703. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this title are— 
(1) to significantly enhance the global competi-
tiveness and international knowledge base of the 
United States by ensuring that more United States 
students have the opportunity to acquire foreign lan-
guage skills and international knowledge through 
significantly expanded study abroad; 
(2) to enhance the foreign policy capacity of the 
United States by significantly expanding and diversi-
fying the talent pool of individuals with non-tradi-
tional foreign language skills and cultural knowledge 
in the United States who are available for recruit-
ment by United States foreign affairs agencies, leg-
islative branch agencies, and nongovernmental orga-
nizations involved in foreign affairs activities; 
(3) to ensure that an increasing portion of 
study abroad by United States students will take 
place in nontraditional study abroad destinations 
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such as the People’s Republic of China, countries of 
the Middle East region, and developing countries; 
and 
(4) to create greater cultural understanding of 
the United States by exposing foreign students and 
their families to United States students in countries 
that have not traditionally hosted large numbers of 
United States students. 
SEC. 704. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation established 
pursuant to section 705(d). 
(3) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ means the chief executive 
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officer of the Foundation appointed pursuant to sec-
tion 705(c). 
(4) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foun-
dation established by section 705(a). 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(6) NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 
term ‘‘national of the United States’’ means a na-
tional of the United States or an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence (as those terms are 
defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 
(7) NONTRADITIONAL STUDY ABROAD DESTINA-
TION.—The term ‘‘nontraditional study abroad des-
tination’’ means a location that is determined by the 
Foundation to be a less common destination for 
United States students who study abroad. 
(8) STUDY ABROAD.—The term ‘‘study abroad’’ 
means an educational program of study, work, re-
search, internship, or combination thereof that is 
conducted outside the United States and that carries 
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academic credit toward fulfilling the participating 
student’s degree requirements. 
(9) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ means any of the several States, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and any other territory or possession of the United 
States. 
(10) UNITED
STATES
STUDENT.—The term 
‘‘United States student’’ means a national of the 
United States who is enrolled at an institution of 
higher education located within the United States. 
SEC. 705. ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 
SENATOR PAUL SIMON STUDY ABROAD FOUN-
DATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
executive branch a corporation to be known as the 
‘‘Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation’’ 
that shall be responsible for carrying out this title. 
The Foundation shall be a government corporation, 
as defined in section 103 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
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(2) BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS.—The Foundation 
shall be governed by a Board of Directors in accord-
ance with subsection (d). 
(3) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of 
Congress in establishing the structure of the Foun-
dation set forth in this subsection to create an entity 
that will administer a study abroad program that— 
(A) serves the long-term foreign policy and 
national security needs of the United States; 
but 
(B) operates independently of short-term 
political and foreign policy considerations. 
(b) MANDATE OF FOUNDATION.—In administering 
the program referred to in subsection (a)(3), the Founda-
tion shall— 
(1) promote the objectives and purposes of this 
title; 
(2) through responsive, flexible grant-making, 
promote access to study abroad opportunities by 
United States students at diverse institutions of 
higher education, including two-year institutions, mi-
nority-serving institutions, and institutions that 
serve nontraditional students; 
(3) through creative grant-making, promote ac-
cess to study abroad opportunities by diverse United 
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States students, including minority students, stu-
dents of limited financial means, and nontraditional 
students; 
(4) solicit funds from the private sector to sup-
plement funds made available under this title; and 
(5) minimize administrative costs and maximize 
the availability of funds for grants under this title. 
(c) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Foun-
dation a Chief Executive Officer who shall be re-
sponsible for the management of the Foundation. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall be appointed by the Board and shall be a 
recognized leader in higher education, business, or 
foreign policy, chosen on the basis of a rigorous 
search. 
(3) RELATIONSHIP TO BOARD.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer shall report to and be under the di-
rect authority of the Board. 
(4) COMPENSATION AND RANK.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief Executive 
Officer shall be compensated at the rate pro-
vided for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
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(B) AMENDMENT.—Section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘Chief Executive Officer, 
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Founda-
tion.’’. 
(5) AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer shall be responsible for the manage-
ment of the Foundation and shall exercise the pow-
ers and discharge the duties of the Foundation. 
(6) AUTHORITY
TO
APPOINT
OFFICERS.—In 
consultation and with approval of the Board, the 
Chief Executive Officer shall appoint all officers of 
the Foundation. 
(d) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the 
Foundation a Board of Directors. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall perform the 
functions specified to be carried out by the Board in 
this title and may prescribe, amend, and repeal by- 
laws, rules, regulations, and procedures governing 
the manner in which the business of the Foundation 
may be conducted and in which the powers granted 
to it by law may be exercised. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist 
of— 
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(A) the Secretary of State (or the Sec-
retary’s designee), the Secretary of Education 
(or the Secretary’s designee), the Secretary of 
Defense (or the Secretary’s designee), and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (or the Administra-
tor’s designee); and 
(B) five other individuals with relevant ex-
perience in matters relating to study abroad 
(such as individuals who represent institutions 
of higher education, business organizations, for-
eign policy organizations, or other relevant or-
ganizations) who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, of which— 
(i) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(ii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
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(iii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the Senate; and 
(iv) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the Senate. 
(4) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The Chief 
Executive Officer of the Foundation shall serve as a 
non-voting, ex-officio member of the Board. 
(5) TERMS.— 
(A) OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—Each member of the Board described 
in paragraph (3)(A) shall serve for a term that 
is concurrent with the term of service of the in-
dividual’s position as an officer within the other 
Federal department or agency. 
(B) OTHER MEMBERS.—Each member of 
the Board described in paragraph (3)(B) shall 
be appointed for a term of three years and may 
be reappointed for one additional three-year 
term. 
(C) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Board 
shall be filled in the manner in which the origi-
nal appointment was made. 
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(6) CHAIRPERSON.—There shall be a Chair-
person of the Board. The Secretary of State (or the 
Secretary’s designee) shall serve as the Chairperson. 
(7) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Board described in paragraph (3) shall con-
stitute a quorum, which, except with respect to a 
meeting of the Board during the 135-day period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
shall include at least one member of the Board de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B). 
(8) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the 
call of the Chairperson. 
(9) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A member of the 
Board described in paragraph (3)(A) may 
not receive additional pay, allowances, or 
benefits by reason of the member’s service 
on the Board. 
(ii) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each such 
member of the Board shall receive travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in accordance with applicable pro-
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visions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(B) OTHER MEMBERS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), a member of the Board de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B) while away 
from the member’s home or regular place 
of business on necessary travel in the ac-
tual performance of duties as a member of 
the Board, shall be paid per diem, travel, 
and transportation expenses in the same 
manner as is provided under subchapter I 
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—A member of the 
Board may not be paid compensation 
under clause (i) for more than 90 days in 
any calendar year. 
SEC. 706. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.—There is 
hereby established a program, which shall— 
(1) be administered by the Foundation; and 
(2) award grants to— 
(A) United States students for study 
abroad; 
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