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105 STAT. 700 PUBLIC LAW 102-138—OCT. 28, 1991 22 USC 2452 note. President. (1) Not later than September 30, 1993, the number of scholarships provided to foreign students and scholars by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency for the purpose of study, research, or teaching in the United States shall be increased by 100 over the number of such scholarships provided in fiscal year 1991, subject to the availability of appropriations. (2) Scholarships provided to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be available only— (A) to students and scholars from the new democracies of Eastern Europe, (B) to students and scholars from the Soviet Union; (C) to students and scholars from countries determined by the Associate Director of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to be not adequately represented in the foreign student population in the United States. 03) PROGRAMS FOR UNITED STATES STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS. — (1) Not later than September 30, 1993, the number of scholarships provided to United States students and scholars by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency for the purpose of study, research, or teaching in other countries shall be increased by 100 over the number of such scholarships provided in fiscal year 1991, subject to the availability of appropriations. (2) Scholarships provided to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be available only for study, research, and teaching in the new democracies of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and non-European countries. (c) DEFINITION. —For the purposes of this section, the term "scholarship" means an amount to be used for full or partial support of tuition and fees to attend an educational institution, and may include fees, books and supplies, equipment required for courses at an educational institution, and living expenses at a United States or foreign educational institution. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 to carry out the purposes of this section. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to be available until expended. SEC. 227. LAW AND BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STU- DENTS FROM THE SOVIET UNION, LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA. (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to establish a scholarship program designed to bring students from the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to the United States for study in the United States. (b) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— Subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (d), the President, acting through the United States Information Agency, shall provide scholarships (including partial assistance) for study at United States institutions of higher education together with private and public sector internships by nationals of the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia who have completed their undergraduate education and would not otherwise have the opportunity to study in the United States due to financial limitations.