§ 6101. — Establishment of Fellowship Program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6101]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 70--MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Sec. 6101. Establishment of Fellowship Program
(a) Establishment
(1) There is hereby established the ``Mike Mansfield Fellowship
Program'' pursuant to which the Director of the United States
Information Agency will make grants, subject to the availability of
appropriations, to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs to award
fellowships to eligible United States citizens for periods of 2 years
each (or, pursuant to section 6102(5)(C) of this title, for such shorter
period of time as the Center may determine based on a Fellow's level of
proficiency in the Japanese language or knowledge of the political
economy of Japan) as follows:
(A) During the first year each fellowship recipient will study
the Japanese language as well as Japan's political economy.
(B) During the second year each fellowship recipient will serve
as a fellow in a parliamentary office, ministry, or other agency of
the Government of Japan or, subject to the approval of the Center, a
nongovernmental Japanese institution associated with the interests
of the fellowship recipient, and the agency of the United States
Government from which the fellow originated, consistent with the
purposes of this chapter.
(2) Fellowships under this chapter may be known as ``Mansfield
Fellowships'', and individuals awarded such fellowships may be known as
``Mansfield Fellows''.
(b) Eligibility of Center for grants
Grants may be made to the Center under this section only if the
Center agrees to comply with the requirements of section 6102 of this
title.
(c) International agreement
The Director of the United States Information Agency should enter
into negotiations for an agreement with the Government of Japan for the
purpose of placing fellows in the Government of Japan.
(d) Private sources
The Center is authorized to accept, use, and dispose of gifts or
donations of services or property in carrying out the fellowship
program, subject to the review and approval of the Director of the
United States Information Agency.
(e) Use of Federal facilities
The George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center is
authorized and encouraged to assist, on a reimbursable basis, in
carrying out Japanese language training by the Center through the
provision of teachers, classroom space, teaching materials, and
facilities, to the extent that such provision is not detrimental to the
Institute's carrying out its other responsibilities under law.
(Pub. L. 103-236, title II, Sec. 252, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 428; Pub.
L. 107-132, Sec. 1(b), Jan. 16, 2002, 115 Stat. 2412.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-132 substituted ``George P. Shultz
National Foreign Affairs Training Center'' for ``National Foreign
Affairs Training Center''.
Short Title
Section 251 of Pub. L. 103-236 provided that: ``This part [part C
(Secs. 251-257) of title II of Pub. L. 103-236, enacting this chapter]
may be cited as the `Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act'.''
Transfer of Functions
United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of this
title.
