[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 7 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 7

    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
    establish an international education policy to enhance national 
  security and significantly further United States foreign policy and 
             global competitevness, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 1, 2001

Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Levin, Mr. Reid, Mr. Graham, and 
Mr. Wellstone) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
    establish an international education policy to enhance national 
  security and significantly further United States foreign policy and 
             global competitevness, and for other purposes.

Whereas educating international students is an important way to spread United 
        States values and influence and to create goodwill for the United States 
        throughout the world;
Whereas international exchange programs, that in the past have done much to 
        extend United States influence in the world by educating the world's 
        leaders, are suffering from decline;
Whereas international education is important to meet future challenges facing 
        the United States including challenges involving national security and 
        the management of global conflict and competitiveness in a global 
        economy;
Whereas international education entails the imparting of effective global 
        literacy to United States students and other citizens as an integral 
        part of their education;
Whereas more than 500,000 international students and their dependents 
        contributed an estimated $12,300,000,000 to the United States economy in 
        the academic year 1999-2000;
Whereas other countries, especially the United Kingdom, are mounting vigorous 
        recruitment campaigns to compete for international students;
Whereas United States competitiveness in the international student market is 
        declining, the United States share of internationally mobile students 
        having declined from 40 percent to 30 percent since 1982;
Whereas less than 10 percent of United States students graduating from college 
        have studied abroad; and
Whereas research indicates that the United States is failing to graduate enough 
        students with expertise in foreign languages and cultures to fill the 
        demands of business, government, and universities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL 
              EDUCATION POLICY FOR THE UNITED STATES.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United States should establish 
an international education policy to enhance national security and 
significantly further United States foreign policy and global 
competitiveness.

SEC. 2. OBJECTIVES OF AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY FOR THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    An international education policy for the United States should 
strive to achieve the following:
            (1) Invigorate citizen and professional international 
        exchange programs and to promote the international exchange of 
        scholars.
            (2) Streamline visa, taxation, and employment regulations 
        applicable to international students.
            (3) Significantly increase participation in study abroad by 
        United States students.
            (4) Promote greater diversity of locations, languages, and 
        subjects involved in study abroad to ensure that the United 
        States maintains an adequate international knowledge base.
            (5) Ensure that a college graduate has knowledge of a 
        second language and of a foreign area.
            (6) Enhance the educational infrastructure through which 
        the United States produces international expertise.
            (7) Capture 40 percent of the international student market 
        for the United States.
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