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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1351
To establish the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program for intensive training
in the Japanese language, government, politics, and economy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 1993
Mr. HAMILTON (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, and Mr. WILLIAMS) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To establish the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program for
intensive training in the Japanese language, government,
politics, and economy.
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 ‘‘Mike Mansfield Fellow-
ship Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) because Senator Mike Mansfield served his
country with distinction and has had a lasting im-
pact on America’s relationship with Japan during
his tenure in the Senate and later as the United
States Ambassador to Japan, it is a fitting tribute
to establish in his name the following Fellowship for
promising officials of the Federal Government;
(2) Japan is America’s second largest trading
partner, the second biggest investor in the United
States, and America’s most serious economic com-
petitor;
(3) despite the challenge and importance of
Japan to the United States, few Americans speak
Japanese or understand how the country and its
government work; and
(4) key agencies of the United States Govern-
ment involved in United States-Japan relations often
lack sufficient personnel versed in the functioning of
the Japanese policymaking apparatus.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to enable the United States Government to
respond more effectively to the Japanese challenge;
and
(2) to provide officials from any branch of the
United States Government with intensive Japanese
language training and placement as a Fellow in the
Government of Japan.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘agency of the United States Gov-
ernment’’ includes any agency of the legislative
branch and any court of the judicial branch as well
as any agency of the executive branch;
(2) the term ‘‘agency head’’ means—
(A) in the case of the executive branch of
Government or an agency of the legislative
branch other than the House of Representatives
or the Senate, the head of the respective agen-
cy;
(B) in the case of the judicial branch of
Government, the chief judge of the respective
court;
(C) in the case of the Senate, the Presi-
dent pro tempore, in consultation with the Ma-
jority Leader and Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate; and
(D) in the case of the House of Represent-
atives, the Speaker of the House, in consulta-
tion with the Majority Leader and Minority
Leader of the House;
(3) the term ‘‘Board’’ means the Mike Mans-
field Fellowship Review Board; and
(4) the term ‘‘Center’’ means the Mansfield
Center for Pacific Affairs.
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is hereby estab-
lished the ‘‘Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program’’ pursu-
ant to which the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency will make grants to the Mansfield Center for
Pacific Affairs to award fellowships to eligible United
States citizens for periods of 2 years each (or, pursuant
to section 7(5)(C), for such shorter period of time as the
Center may determine based on a Fellow’s level of pro-
ficiency in the Japanese language or knowledge of the po-
litical economy of Japan) as follows:
(A) During the first year each fellowship recipi-
ent will study the Japanese language as well as Ja-
pan’s political economy.
(B) During the second year each fellowship re-
cipient will serve as a Fellow in a parliamentary of-
fice, ministry, or other agency of the Government of
Japan or, subject to the approval of the Center, a
nongovernmental Japanese institution associated
with the interests of the fellowship recipient, consist-
ent with the purposes of this Act.
(2) Fellowships under this Act may be known as
‘‘Mansfield Fellowships’’, and individuals awarded such
fellowships may be known as ‘‘Mansfield Fellows’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF CENTER FOR GRANTS.—Grants
may be made to the Center under this section only if the
Center agrees to comply with the requirements of section
7.
(c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.—As the program
established under this section can succeed only with the
full and willing cooperation of the Government of Japan,
the Director of the United States Information Agency
should enter into negotiations for an agreement with the
Government of Japan for the purpose of placing Fellows
in the Government of Japan.
(d) USE
OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—The Foreign
Service Institute is authorized and encouraged to assist,
on a reimbursable basis, in carrying out Japanese lan-
guage training by the Center through the provision of
classroom space, teaching materials, and facilities, to the
extent that such provision is not detrimental to the Insti-
tute’s carrying out its other responsibilities under law.
SEC. 6. FUNDING.
(a) PRIVATE SOURCES.—The Center is authorized to
accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services
or property in carrying out the fellowship program, subject
to the review and approval of the Board described in sec-
tion 9.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the United States In-
formation Agency—
(1) for fiscal year 1994, $1,213,000,
(2) for fiscal year 1995, $2,289,000,
(3) for fiscal year 1996, $2,403,000, and
(4) for fiscal year 1997, $1,553,000,
to fund three two-year classes of Fellows to carry out this
Act.
SEC. 7. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
The program established under this Act shall comply
with the following requirements:
(1) United States citizens who are eligible for
fellowships under this Act shall be employees of the
Federal Government having at least two years expe-
rience in any branch of the Government, a strong
career interest in United States-Japan relations, and
a demonstrated commitment to further service in the
Federal Government.
(2) Not less than 10 fellowships shall be award-
ed each year.
(3) Mansfield Fellows shall agree—
(A) to maintain satisfactory progress in
language training and appropriate behavior in
Japan, as determined by the Center, as a condi-
tion of continued receipt of Federal funds; and
(B) to return to the Federal Government
for further employment for a period of at least
2 years following the end of their fellowships,
unless, in the determination of the Center, the
Fellow is unable (for reasons beyond the Fel-
low’s control and after receiving assistance from
the Center as provided in paragraph (8)) to
find reemployment for such period.
(4) During the period of the fellowship, the
Center shall provide each Mansfield Fellow—
(A) a stipend at a rate of pay equal to the
rate of pay that individual was receiving when
he or she entered the program, plus a cost-of-
living adjustment calculated at the same rate of
pay, and for the same period of time, for which
such adjustments were made to the salaries of
individuals occupying competitive positions in
the civil service during the same period as the
fellowship; and
(B) certain allowances and benefits as that
individual would have been entitled to, but for
his or her separation from Government service,
as a United States Government civilian em-
ployee overseas under the Standardized Regula-
tions (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) of
the Department of State, as follows: a living
quarters allowance to cover the cost of housing
in Japan, a post allowance to cover the signifi-
cantly higher costs of living in Japan, a tem-
porary quarters subsistence allowance for up to
7 days for Fellows unable to find housing im-
mediately upon arrival in Japan, an education
allowance to assist parents in providing their
children with educational services ordinarily
provided without charge by United States pub-
lic schools, moving expenses of up to $3,000 for
personal belongings of Fellows and their fami-
lies in their move to Japan and up to $500 for
Fellows residing outside the Washington, D.C.
area in moving to the Washington, D.C. area,
and one-round-trip economy-class airline ticket
to Japan for each Fellow and the Fellow’s im-
mediate family.
(5)(A) For the first year of each fellowship, the
Center shall provide Fellows with intensive Japanese
language training in the Washington, D.C., area, as
well as courses in the political economy of Japan.
(B) Such training shall be of the same quality
as training provided to Foreign Service officers be-
fore they are assigned to Japan.
(C) The Center may waive any or all of the
training required by subparagraph (A) to the extent
that a Fellow has Japanese language skills or knowl-
edge of Japan’s political economy, and the 2 year
fellowship period shall be shortened to the extent
such training is less than one year.
(6) Any Mansfield Fellow not complying with
the requirements of this section shall reimburse the
United States Information Agency for the Federal
funds expended for the Fellow’s participation in the
fellowship, together with interest on such funds (cal-
culated at the prevailing rate), as follows:
(A) Full reimbursement for noncompliance
with paragraph (3)(A) or (9); and
(B) pro rata reimbursement for noncompli-
ance with paragraph (3)(B) for any period the
Fellow is reemployed by the Federal Govern-
ment that is less than the period specified in
paragraph (3)(B), at a rate equal to the
amount the Fellow received during the final
year of the fellowship for the same period of
time, including any allowances and benefits pro-
vided under paragraph (4).
(7) The Center shall select Mansfield Fellows
based solely on merit. The Center shall make posi-
tive efforts to recruit candidates reflecting the cul-
tural, racial, and ethnic diversity of the United
States.
(8) The Center shall assist any Mansfield Fel-
low in finding employment in the Federal Govern-
ment if such Fellow was not able, at the end of the
fellowship, to be reemployed in the agency from
which he or she separated to become a Fellow.
(9) No Mansfield Fellow may engage in any in-
telligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf of
the United States Government.
(10) The accounts of the Center shall be au-
dited annually in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards by independent certified public
accountants or independent licensed public account-
ants, certified or licensed by a regulatory authority
of a State or other political subdivision of the United
States. The audit shall be conducted at the place or
places where the accounts of the Center are normally
kept. All books, accounts, financial records, files,
and other papers, things, and property belonging to
or in use by the Center and necessary to facilitate
the audit shall be made available to the person or
persons conducting the audit, and full facilities for
verifying transactions with the balances or securities
held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians
shall be afforded to such person or persons.
(11) The Center shall provide a report of the
audit to the Board no later than six months follow-
ing the close of the fiscal year for which the audit
is made. The report shall set forth the scope of the
audit and include such statements, together with the
independent auditor’s opinion of those statements,
as are necessary to present fairly the Center’s assets
and liabilities, surplus or deficit, with reasonable de-
tail, including a statement of the Center’s income
and expenses during the year, including a schedule
of all contracts and grants requiring payments in ex-
cess of $5,000 and any payments of compensation,
salaries, or fees at a rate in excess of $5,000 per
year. The report shall be produced in sufficient cop-
ies for the public.