§ 4702. — Congressional findings and declaration of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4702]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 57--UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Sec. 4702. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) it is in the national interest for the United States
Government to provide a stable source of financial support to give
students in developing countries the opportunity to study in the
United States, in order to improve the range and quality of
educational alternatives, increase mutual understanding, and build
lasting links between those countries and the United States;
(2) providing scholarships to foreign students to study in the
United States has proven over time to be an effective means of
creating strong bonds between the United States and the future
leadership of developing countries and, at the same time, assists
countries substantially in their development efforts;
(3) study in United States institutions by foreign students
enhances trade and economic relationships by providing strong
English language skills and establishing professional and business
contacts;
(4) students from families of limited financial means have, in
the past, largely not had the opportunity to study in the United
States, and scholarship programs sponsored by the United States have
made no provision for identifying, preparing, or supporting such
students for study in the United States;
(5) it is essential that the United States citizenry develop its
knowledge and understanding of the developing countries and their
languages, cultures, and socioeconomic composition as these areas
assume an ever larger role in the world community;
(6) an undergraduate scholarship program for students of limited
financial means from developing countries to study in the United
States would complement current assistance efforts in the areas of
advanced education and training of people of developing countries in
such disciplines as are required for planning and implementation of
public and private development activities;
(7) the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America has
recommended a program of 10,000 United States Government-sponsored
scholarships to bring Central American students to the United
States, which program would involve careful targeting to encourage
participation by young people from all social and economic classes,
would maintain existing admission standards by providing intensive
English and other training, and would encourage graduates to return
to their home countries after completing their education; and
(8) it is also in the interest of the United States, as well as
peaceful cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, that particular
attention be given to the students of the Caribbean region.
(Pub. L. 99-93, title VI, Sec. 602, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 439; Pub. L.
103-199, title III, Sec. 305, Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324.)
Amendments
1993--Pars. (6) to (10). Pub. L. 103-199 redesignated pars. (8) to
(10) as (6) to (8), respectively, and struck out former pars. (6) and
(7) which read as follows:
``(6) the number of United States Government-sponsored scholarships
for students in developing countries has been exceeded as much as twelve
times in a given year by the number of scholarships offered by Soviet-
bloc governments to students in developing countries, and this disparity
entails the serious long-run cost of having so many of the potential
future leaders of the developing world educated in Soviet-bloc
countries;
``(7) from 1972 through 1982 the Soviet Union and Eastern European
governments collectively increased their education exchange programs to
Latin America and the Caribbean by 205 percent while those of the United
States declined by 52 percent;''.
