SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 241. SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. (a) Authorized Programs.—The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to award academic scholarships to qualified students from the sovereign nations of the South Pacific region to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate study at institutions of higher education in the United States; to make grants to accomplished United States scholars and experts to pursue research, to teach, or to offer training in such nations; and to make grants for youth exchanges. (b) Limitation.—Grants awarded to United States scholars and experts may not exceed 10 percent of the total funds awarded for any fiscal year for programs under this section.