[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 69 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 69

  To make available funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to 
provide scholarships for nationals of any of the independent states of 
  the former Soviet Union to undertake doctoral graduate study in the 
                            social sciences.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

 Mr. Moynihan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make available funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to 
provide scholarships for nationals of any of the independent states of 
  the former Soviet Union to undertake doctoral graduate study in the 
                            social sciences.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NATIONALS OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF THE 
              FORMER SOVIET UNION.

    (a) Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (b), the President 
        is authorized to provide scholarships under chapter 11 of part 
        I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to assistance 
        to the independent states of the former Soviet Union; 22 U.S.C. 
        2295 et seq.) for 100 nationals of the independent states of 
        the former Soviet Union (as defined in section 3 of the FREEDOM 
        Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801)) who seek to commence graduate 
        study in a six-year program in any field of social science.
            (2) Superseding existing law.--The authority of paragraph 
        (1) shall be exercised without regard to any other provision of 
        law.
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Non-federal share.--The President shall require that 
        not less than 20 percent of the costs of each student's 
        doctoral study be provided from non-Federal sources.
            (2) Requirement of home country services.--Notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law, any student supported under this 
        section who does not perform after graduation at least one year 
        of service in the student's home country for each year of study 
        supported under this section shall not be eligible to be issued 
        a visa to be admitted to the United States.
    (c) Allocation of Funds.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to assistance to the independent 
states of the former Soviet Union; 22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.) for fiscal 
years 2000 through 2009, the following amounts are authorized to be 
available to carry out subsection (a):
            (1) For fiscal year 2000, $3,500,000 for not to exceed 100 
        scholarships.
            (2) For fiscal year 2001, $7,500,000 for not to exceed 200 
        scholarships.
            (3) For fiscal year 2002, $10,500,000 for not to exceed 300 
        scholarships.
            (4) For fiscal year 2003, $14,000,000 for not to exceed 400 
        scholarships.
            (5) For fiscal year 2004, $17,500,000 for not to exceed 500 
        scholarships.
            (6) For fiscal year 2005, $17,500,000 for not to exceed 500 
        scholarships.
            (7) For fiscal year 2006, $14,000,000 for not to exceed 400 
        scholarships.
            (8) For fiscal year 2007, $10,500,000 for not to exceed 300 
        scholarships.
            (9) For fiscal year 2008, $7,500,000 for not to exceed 200 
        scholarships.
            (10) For fiscal year 2009, $3,500,000 for not to exceed 100 
        scholarships.
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