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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 1517

report which evaluates the progress and proficiency of students in such programs.". SEC. 605. INTENSIVE SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTES.

Title VI of the Act is further amended— (1) by redesignating sections 605, 606, and 607 as sections 606, 20 USC 1125-1127. 609, and 610, respectively; and (2) by inserting after section 604 the following new section: "INTENSIVE SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTES

"SEC. 605. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to 20 USC ll24a. institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, for the purpose of establishing and conducting intensive summer language institutes. "(2) Training authorized by this section shall be provided through— "(A) institutes designed to meet the needs for intensive language training by advanced foreign language students; "(B) institutes designed to provide professional development and improve language instruction through pre-service and inservice training for language teachers; or "(C) institutes that combine the purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B). "(3) Grants made under this section may be used for— "(A) intensive training in languages critical to the national economic and poUtical future; "(B) training in neglected languages; and ' ^* "(C) stipends for students and faculty attending the institutes authorized by this section. "(4) Institutes supported under this section may provide instruction on a full-time or part-time basis to supplement instruction not fully available in centers supported under section 602. "(b) Grants made under this section shall be awarded on the basis of recommendations made by peer review panels composed of broadly representative professionals.". SEC. 606. RESEARCH; STUDIES; ANNUAL REPORT. (a) RESEARCH AND STUDIES.—Section 606 (as redesignated by sec- 20 USC 1125. tion 605 of this Act) is amended— (1) by striking out "and part N of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965"; (2) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (2); (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); J i ^aj f; (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) the application of proficiency tests and standards across all areas of foreign language instruction and classroom use; and"; and (5) by inserting "and publication" after "development" in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by this section). (b) (DoNFORMiNG AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Secretary shall prepare and publish an annual report Reports. listing the books and research materials produced with assistance under this title.".