UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.

SEC. 112. UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS. The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the Department to carry out public diplomacy programs of the Department under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991, and the National Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: (1) Educational and cultural exchange programs.— (A) Fulbright academic exchange programs.— (i) In general.—For the “Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs” (other than programs described in subparagraph (B)), $135,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003. (ii) Vietnam Fulbright academic exchange program.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by clause (i), $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available to carry out the Vietnam scholarship program established by section 229 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138). (iii) New century scholars initiative—hiv/aids.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for HIV/AIDS research and mitigation strategies under the Health Issues in a Border-Less World academic program of the New Century Scholars Initiative. (B) Other educational and cultural exchange programs.— (i) In general.—For other educational and cultural exchange programs authorized by law, $125,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003. (ii) Tibetan exchanges.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for “Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs” (formerly known as “programs of educational and cultural 116 STAT. 1358exchange between the United States and the people of Tibet”) under section 103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-319). (iii) East timorese scholarships.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for “East Timorese Scholarships”. (iv) Montenegro parliamentary development.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for a program of parliamentary development and exchanges in Montenegro. (v) South pacific exchanges.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for “South Pacific Exchanges”. (vi) Israel-arab peace partners program.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for people-to-people activities (with a focus on young people) to support the Middle East peace process involving participants from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Arab countries, and the United States, to be known as the “Israel-Arab Peace Partners Program”. (vii) Sudanese scholarships.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for scholarships for students from southern Sudan for secondary or postsecondary education in the United States, to be known as “Sudanese Scholarships”. (2) National endowment for democracy.— (A) In general.—For the “National Endowment for Democracy”, $42,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003. (B) Reagan-fascell democracy fellows.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for a fellowship program known as the “Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows”, for democracy activists and scholars from around the world at the International Forum for Democratic Studies in Washington, D.C., to study, write, and exchange views with other activists and scholars and with Americans. (3) Center for cultural and technical interchange between east and west.—For the “Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West”, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003. (4) Dante b. fascell north-south center.—For the “Dante B. Fascell North-South Center”, $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2003.