[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 73 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 73

   To make available funds under the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
   Exchange Act of 1961 to provide Fulbright scholarships for Cuban 
     nationals to undertake 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 Mutual Educational and Cultural 
   Exchange Act of 1961 to provide Fulbright scholarships for Cuban 
     nationals to undertake 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. FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CUBAN NATIONALS.

    (a) Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The President is authorized to provide 
        scholarships under the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program in 
        section 102 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
        of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452) for nationals of Cuba who seek to 
        undertake graduate study in public health, public policy, 
        economics, law, or other field of social science.
            (2) Prohibition.--No official of the Cuban government, or 
        any member of the immediate family of the official, shall be 
        eligible to receive a scholarship under paragraph (1).
            (3) Superseding existing law.--The authority of paragraph 
        (1) shall be exercised without regard to any other provision of 
        law.
    (b) Allocation of Funds.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) for fiscal years 2000 through 
2004, the following amounts are authorized to be available to carry out 
subsection (a):
            (1) For fiscal year 2000, $1,400,000 for not to exceed 20 
        scholarships.
            (2) For fiscal year 2001, $1,750,000 for not to exceed 25 
        scholarships.
            (3) For fiscal year 2002, $2,450,000 for not to exceed 35 
        scholarships.
            (4) For fiscal year 2003, $2,450,000 for not to exceed 35 
        scholarships.
            (5) For fiscal year 2004, $2,450,000 for not to exceed 35 
        scholarships.
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