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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 176 
To authorize assistance to the countries of the Caribbean to fund educational 
development and exchange programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize assistance to the countries of the Caribbean 
to fund educational development and exchange programs. 
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 ‘‘Shirley A. Chisholm 
United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 
2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CARIBBEAN.—The term ‘‘Caribbean’’ in-
cludes— 
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(A) the member countries of the Caribbean 
Community (CARICOM), but does not include 
any 
country 
having 
observer 
status 
in 
CARICOM; and 
(B) the member countries of the Associa-
tion of Caribbean States (ACS), but does not 
include any country having observer status in 
the ACS. 
(2) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise provided, 
the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State. 
(3) ADMINISTRATOR.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided, the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(4) UNITED
STATES
COOPERATING
AGEN-
CIES.—The term ‘‘United States cooperating agen-
cies’’ means any nongovernmental organization hav-
ing United States citizenship that is designated by 
the Secretary to carry out the program authorized 
under section 6. 
(5) SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ means a school that serves students 
in any of the grades 9 through 12 or equivalent 
grades in a foreign education system as determined 
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by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Education. 
(6) 
UNDERGRADUATE.—The 
term 
‘‘under-
graduate’’ means a college or university student 
working toward an associate-level or bachelor’s de-
gree. 
(7) GRADUATE.—The term ‘‘graduate’’ means a 
student pursuing a degree beyond the bachelor’s 
level. 
(8) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States and the Caribbean have 
enjoyed long-standing friendly relations. 
(2) As an important regional partner for trade 
and democratic values, the Caribbean constitutes a 
‘‘Third Border’’ of the United States. 
(3) The decrease in tourism revenue in the 
aftermath of the tragic terrorist attacks on Sep-
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