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H.R. 1469, The Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 1469 would establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.
== Detailed Summary ==
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Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007 - Establishes in the executive branch the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation to carry out this Act under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.Act.
Requires the Foundation to award grants, increasingly for study in nontraditional study abroad destinations, to: (1) U.S. students; (2) nongovernmental institutions that provide and promote study abroad opportunities for U.S. students, in consortium with institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (3) IHEs, individually or in consortium.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Foundation should: (1) award up to 25% of such grants to such U.S. students and at least 75% of them to such institutions; and (2) ensure that at least 85% of the amount awarded to such institutions is used to award scholarships to students.
Requires the Comptroller General, within two years after enactment of this Act, to review and report to the Secretary of State (in the capacity of the Secretary as Chairperson of the Board of the Foundation) and to specified congressional committees on the operations of the Foundation.
Authorizes appropriations.
States that such amounts are in addition to those authorized for educational exchange programs, including the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program and the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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Latest Major Action: 2/13/2008: Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee3/4/2008: Placed on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
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China MBBS
April 4, 2007, 4:36am (report abuse)Business Internships and Hospitality Internships in China available in China in various cities.
Cost effective high quality, Programs with options to Learn Chinese Calligraphy, Martial arts, etc.
Study medicine in China- Language of Instruction English, study engineering and various other programs in China
medical universities in China, Engineering programs in china in English,
Traditional Chinese Medical Programs, study abroad in China.
John Badurina
August 20, 2007, 3:52pm (report abuse)How do you arrive at the cost? The legislation calls out spending $80 million and with 300 million people in the US the cost equates to approx $0.27 per person
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August 20, 2007, 4:00pm (report abuse)The legislation would authorize appropriation of $80 million *each year.* From the Congressional Budget Office report: "CBO estimates that implementing this legislation would cost $40 million in 2008 and $345 million over the 2008-2012 period . . . ." The figure you see is the net present value of that spending.
DEBTOR NATION
March 10, 2008, 9:58am (report abuse)What is wrong with those supposed to be representing the people of the U.S.? We are the largest debtor nation in the world. Instead of finding ways to clear out or lower our national debt they dream up schemes like this to appropriate more from the taxpayers. This is disgusting -- $80 million more from the taxpayers, job losses abounding!
For liberty
July 28, 2008, 2:09pm (report abuse)There's nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government is allowed or should be doing this.
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