Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 4.djvu/618

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106 STAT. 3354 PUBLIC LAW 102-511—OCT. 24, 1992 Appropriation authorization. Effective date. 22 USC 2452 note (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — To carry out a broad spectrum of exchanges, and of training and similar programs to promote the objectives described in section 498 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, between the United States and the independent states of the former Soviet Union, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993 (in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes) the following: (A) $20,000,000 for exchange programs for secondary school students. (B) $30,000,000 for programs for participants other than secondary school students, including undergraduate and graduate students, farmers and other agribusiness practitioners, and participants in the exchanges carried out under paragraph (2). (2) LOCAL AND REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT EXCHANGES. — The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to use funds authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1)(B) to conduct exchanges to provide technical assistance in local and regional self-government to the independent states. (3) REPORT ON PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.—Within 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102(a) of this Act shall submit to the Congress a report specifying the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) that is proposed to be allocated for each category of program and for each Government agency. (4) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. — (A) USIA. — Educational, cultural, and any other exchange programs carried out under this subsection, including any such programs for secondary school students, shall be administered by the United States Information Agency, and funds allocated for such programs shall be transferred to that Agency. (B) OTHER AGENCIES. — Training and other nonexchange programs carried out under this subsection shall be administered by the Agency for International Development or such other Government agency as has experience and expertise in carrying out such programs. (5) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— Up to 5 percent of the funds made available to each Government agency under this subsection may be used by that agency for administrative expenses of program implementation. (b) ENHANCEMENT OF USIA EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency for fiscal year 1993 for enhancement of existing educational and cultural exchange programs the following: (1) $9,950,000 for Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs. (2) $10,850,000 for other programs administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. (c) REPEAL. —Effective 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, section 225 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, and the item relating to that section in the table of contents set forth in section 2 of that Act, are repealed.