3.0.0 3152 2023-01-15T06:48:03Z 2023-01-15T06:48:03Z House H HR 2003-09-23 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2003-10-06T21:37:55Z Referred to 2003-09-23T16:30:30Z 2003-10-06 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Committee 2003-09-23 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-09-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-09-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 N K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2003-09-23 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2003-09-23 True O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-09-23 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2003-09-23 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2003-09-23 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-09-23 True A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2003-09-23 True F000392 Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] MARTIN FROST D TX 24 2003-10-01 False M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2003-10-01 False M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2003-10-01 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2003-10-01 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2003-10-21 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2003-10-21 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2003-10-21 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2003-10-21 False W000207 Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] MELVIN WATT D NC 12 2003-10-21 False Education Authorization Blacks Department of Education Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Federal aid to education Federal employees Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign service Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Graduate education Higher education Hispanic Americans Indian education International Affairs International competitiveness International education Language and languages Minorities Minorities in government Minority education Native Americans Nongovernmental organizations Policy sciences Scholarships Social Welfare Education 00 2003-09-23 Introduced in House 2004-04-09T19:47:46Z Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize title III part C programs of the Institute for International Public Policy.

Directs the Institute to conduct a program to enhance U.S. global competitiveness by increasing the participation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign service of the United States. Lowers, from one-half to one-third, the matching funds requirement for recipients of grants from the Institute.

Establishes a Ralph J. Bunche Scholarships program. Authorizes the Institute to provide such scholarships to qualified low-income, minority, and other underrepresented students who demonstrate special interest in international affairs and language study, demonstrate exceptional academic ability, and show promise of continued academic excellence and ability. Provides such Bunche Scholarships for up to $5,000 for each of the last two years of undergraduate study toward a bachelor's degree.

Directs the Institute to provide a program of study leading to an advanced degree in international relations, international affairs, international economics, or other academic areas related to the Institute fellow's career objectives. Authorizes the Institute to grant fellowships for such program of study up to an amount comparable to National Science Foundation research graduate fellowships. Requires fellowship recipients to agree to undertake full-time study and to enter the international service, including work with international voluntary organizations, or the U.S. foreign service.

]]> Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act Display Title Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act Official Title as Introduced To enhance the global competitiveness of the United States by increasing the participation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign service of the United States. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act Introduced in House 2003-09-23T04:00:00Z 2003-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.