LAW AND BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE SOVIET UNION, LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA.

SEC. 227. LAW AND BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 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. 105 STAT. 701 (c) Guidelines.—The scholarship program under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines: (1) Consistent with section 112(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(b)), all programs created pursuant to this Act shall be nonpolitical and balanced, and shall be administered in keeping with the highest standards of academic integrity and cost-effectiveness. (2) The United States Information Agency shall design ways to identify promising students for study in the United States. (3) The United States Information Agency should develop and strictly implement specific financial need criteria. Scholarships under this Act may only be provided to students who meet the financial need criteria. (4) The program may utilize educational institutions in the United States, if necessary, to help participants acquire necessary skills to fully participate in professional training. (5) Each participant shall be selected on the basis of academic and leadership potential in the fields of business administration, economics, law, or public administration. Scholarship opportunities shall be limited to fields that are critical to economic reform and political development in the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, particularly business administration, economics, law, or public administration. (6) The program shall be flexible to include not only training and educational opportunities offered by universities in the United States, but to also support internships, education, and training in a professional setting. (7) The program shall be flexible with respect to the number of years of education financed, but in no case shall students be brought to the United States for less than one year. (8) Further allowance shall be made in the scholarship for the purchase of books and related educational material relevant to the program of study. (9) Further allowance shall be made to provide opportunities for professional, academic, and cultural enrichment for scholarship recipients. (10) The program shall, to the maximum extent practicable, offer equal opportunities for both male and female students to study in the United States. (11) The program shall, to the maximum extent practicable, offer equal opportunities for students from each of the Soviet republics, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. (12) The United States Information Agency shall recommend to each student who receives a scholarship under this section that the student include in their course of study programs which emphasize the ideas, principles, and documents upon which the United States was founded. (d) Funding of Scholarships for Fiscal Year 1992 and Fiscal Year 1993.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, to carry out this section. (e) Compliance With Congressional Budget Act.—Any authority provided by this section shall be effective only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 105 STAT. 702