Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 70 — Mansfield Fellowship Program
§ 6101. Establishment of Fellowship Program
Statutory text
Establishment
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:
During the first year each fellowship recipient will study the Japanese language as well as Japan’s political economy.
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.
Fellowships under this chapter may be known as “Mansfield Fellowships”, and individuals awarded such fellowships may be known as “Mansfield Fellows”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act
Pub. L. 103–236 title II § 252 · 108 Stat. 382
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6101
Pub. L. 103–236, title II, § 252, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 428
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 103–236, title II, § 252, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 428Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 252. 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 253(5)(C), 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 part. (2) Fellowships under this part 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 253. (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 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. 107–132 § 1(b) · 115 Stat. 2412
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 6101(e)
Pub. L. 107–132 substituted “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center” for “National Foreign Affairs Training Center”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–132 substituted “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center” for “National Foreign Affairs Training Center”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) 7 USC 1766b, 10 USC 2002, 22 USC 2056, 4001 note, 4003, 4021 note, 4171, 4171 note, 4903, 6101, 6473. Any reference in any provision of law to the National Foreign Affairs Training Center or the Foreign Service Institute shall be considered to be a reference to the “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2002—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–132 substituted “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center” for “National Foreign Affairs Training Center”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 103–236, title II, § 251, , 108 Stat. 428, provided that: “This part [part C (§§ 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.
Credits
1994–2002 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 103–236, title II, § 252, , 108 Stat. 428; Pub. L. 107–132, § 1(b), , 115 Stat. 2412.)