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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1150 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship to fund international |
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| 6 | 6 | | internships and research placements for early- to mid-career professionals |
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| 7 | 7 | | to study nonviolent movements to establish and protect civil rights around |
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| 8 | 8 | | the world. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY21, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. W |
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| 12 | 12 | | ILLIAMSof Georgia (for herself, Ms. MACE, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BLUNT |
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| 14 | 14 | | OCHESTER, Ms. BROWN, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | OHEN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. |
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| 18 | 18 | | OLDMANof New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JOHNSONof |
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| 19 | 19 | | Georgia, Mr. K |
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| 20 | 20 | | HANNA, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. |
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| 22 | 22 | | ORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SEWELL, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Mr. S |
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| 24 | 24 | | HERMAN, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Mr. T |
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| 26 | 26 | | ONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WILD, Ms. |
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| 28 | 28 | | ILSONof Florida, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. |
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| 30 | 30 | | AVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GREENof |
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| 31 | 31 | | Texas, Mr. A |
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| 32 | 32 | | LLRED, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESSLEY, Ms. DELBENE, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following |
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| 35 | 35 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 36 | 36 | | A BILL |
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| 37 | 37 | | To establish the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship to fund |
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| 38 | 38 | | international internships and research placements for |
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| 39 | 39 | | early- to mid-career professionals to study nonviolent |
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| 40 | 40 | | movements to establish and protect civil rights around |
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| 41 | 41 | | the world. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John Lewis Civil 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Rights Fellowship Act of 2023’’. 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SEC. 2. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 51 | 51 | | The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 5 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by adding 6 |
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| 53 | 53 | | at the end the following: 7 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘SEC. 115. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-8 |
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| 55 | 55 | | GRAM. 9 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 57 | 57 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established the 10 |
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| 58 | 58 | | John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program (referred to 11 |
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| 59 | 59 | | in this section as the ‘Fellowship Program’) within the J. 12 |
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| 60 | 60 | | William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program. 13 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 62 | 62 | | URPOSES.—The purposes of the Fellowship 14 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Program are— 15 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(1) to honor the legacy of Representative John 16 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Lewis by promoting a greater understanding of the 17 |
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| 66 | 66 | | history and tenets of nonviolent civil rights move-18 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ments; and 19 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(2) to advance foreign policy priorities of the 20 |
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| 69 | 69 | | United States by promoting studies, research, and 21 |
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| 70 | 70 | | international exchange in the subject of nonviolent 22 |
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| 71 | 71 | | movements that established and protected civil 23 |
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| 72 | 72 | | rights around the world. 24 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 74 | 74 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Bureau of Educational 25 |
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| 75 | 75 | | and Cultural Affairs (referred to in this section as the ‘Bu-26 |
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| 79 | 79 | | reau’) shall administer the Fellowship Program in accord-1 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ance with policy guidelines established by the Fulbright 2 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Foreign Scholarship Board, in consultation with the bina-3 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tional Fulbright Commissions and United States Embas-4 |
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| 83 | 83 | | sies. 5 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(d) S |
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| 85 | 85 | | ELECTION OFFELLOWS.— 6 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 87 | 87 | | N GENERAL.—The Board shall annually 7 |
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| 88 | 88 | | select qualified individuals to participate in the Fel-8 |
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| 89 | 89 | | lowship Program. The Bureau may determine the 9 |
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| 90 | 90 | | number of fellows selected each year, which, when-10 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ever feasible, shall be not fewer than 25. 11 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(2) O |
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| 93 | 93 | | UTREACH.—To the extent practicable, 12 |
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| 94 | 94 | | the Bureau shall conduct outreach at institutions 13 |
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| 95 | 95 | | the Bureau determines are likely to produce a range 14 |
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| 96 | 96 | | of qualified applicants. 15 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(e) F |
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| 98 | 98 | | ELLOWSHIPORIENTATION.—The Bureau shall 16 |
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| 99 | 99 | | organize and administer a fellowship orientation that 17 |
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| 100 | 100 | | shall— 18 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(1) be held in Washington, DC, or at another 19 |
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| 102 | 102 | | location selected by the Bureau; 20 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(2) include programming to honor the legacy 21 |
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| 104 | 104 | | of Representative John Lewis; and 22 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(3) be held on an annual basis. 23 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(f) S |
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| 107 | 107 | | TRUCTURE.— 24 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ‘‘(1) WORK PLAN.—To carry out the purposes 1 |
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| 112 | 112 | | described in subsection (b)(2)— 2 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(A) each fellow selected pursuant to sub-3 |
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| 114 | 114 | | section (d) shall arrange an internship or re-4 |
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| 115 | 115 | | search placement— 5 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(i) with a nongovernmental organiza-6 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tion, academic institution, or other organi-7 |
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| 118 | 118 | | zation approved by the Bureau; and 8 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ‘‘(ii) in a country with an operational 9 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Fulbright U.S. Student Program; and 10 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(B) the Bureau shall, for each fellow, ap-11 |
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| 122 | 122 | | prove a work plan that identifies the target ob-12 |
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| 123 | 123 | | jectives for the fellow, including specific duties 13 |
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| 124 | 124 | | and responsibilities relating to those objectives. 14 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 126 | 126 | | ONFERENCES; PRESENTATIONS.—Each 15 |
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| 127 | 127 | | fellow shall— 16 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(A) attend the fellowship orientation de-17 |
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| 129 | 129 | | scribed in subsection (e); 18 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(B) not later than the date that is 1 year 19 |
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| 131 | 131 | | after the end of the fellowship period, attend a 20 |
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| 132 | 132 | | fellowship summit organized and administered 21 |
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| 133 | 133 | | by the Bureau, which, whenever feasible, shall 22 |
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| 134 | 134 | | be held in a location of importance to the civil 23 |
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| 135 | 135 | | rights movement in the United States and may 24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | coincide with other events facilitated by the Bu-1 |
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| 140 | 140 | | reau; and 2 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(C) at such summit, give a presentation 3 |
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| 142 | 142 | | on lessons learned during the period of fellow-4 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ship. 5 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(3) F |
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| 145 | 145 | | ELLOWSHIP PERIOD .—Each fellowship 6 |
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| 146 | 146 | | under this section shall continue for a period deter-7 |
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| 147 | 147 | | mined by the Bureau, which, whenever feasible, shall 8 |
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| 148 | 148 | | be not shorter than 10 months. 9 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(g) F |
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| 150 | 150 | | ELLOWSHIPAWARD.—The Bureau shall pro-10 |
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| 151 | 151 | | vide each fellow under this section with an allowance that 11 |
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| 152 | 152 | | is equal to the amount needed for— 12 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(1) the fellow’s reasonable costs during the fel-13 |
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| 154 | 154 | | lowship period; and 14 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(2) travel and lodging expenses related to at-15 |
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| 156 | 156 | | tending the orientation and summit required under 16 |
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| 157 | 157 | | subsection (e)(2). 17 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(h) R |
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| 159 | 159 | | EPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | of completion of the Fellowship Program by the initial co-19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | hort of fellows selected under subsection (d), and on an 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | annual basis thereafter, the Secretary of State shall sub-21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-23 |
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| 165 | 165 | | tions of the Senate a report providing information on the 24 |
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| 169 | 169 | | implementation of the Fellowship Program, including 1 |
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| 170 | 170 | | on— 2 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(1) the demographics of the cohort of fellows 3 |
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| 172 | 172 | | who completed a fellowship during the preceding 1- 4 |
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| 173 | 173 | | year period; 5 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(2) a description of internship and research 6 |
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| 175 | 175 | | placements, and research projects selected, under 7 |
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| 176 | 176 | | the Fellowship Program, including participant feed-8 |
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| 177 | 177 | | back on program implementation and feedback of 9 |
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| 178 | 178 | | the Department on lessons learned; 10 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ‘‘(3) a plan for factoring such lessons learned 11 |
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| 180 | 180 | | into future programming; and 12 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(4) an analysis of trends relating to the diver-13 |
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| 182 | 182 | | sity of the cohorts of fellows and the topics of 14 |
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| 183 | 183 | | projects completed over the course of the Fellowship 15 |
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| 184 | 184 | | Program.’’. 16 |
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| 185 | 185 | | SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO 17 |
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| 186 | 186 | | THE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 18 |
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| 187 | 187 | | EXCHANGE ACT OF 1961A. 19 |
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| 188 | 188 | | Section 112(a) of the Mutual Educational and Cul-20 |
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| 189 | 189 | | tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(a)) is 21 |
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| 190 | 190 | | amended— 22 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 23 |
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| 192 | 192 | | inserting a semicolon; 24 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 1 |
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| 197 | 197 | | inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(10) the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship 4 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Program established under section 115, which pro-5 |
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| 201 | 201 | | vides funding for international internships and re-6 |
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| 202 | 202 | | search placements for early- to mid-career individ-7 |
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| 203 | 203 | | uals from the United States to study nonviolent civil 8 |
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| 204 | 204 | | rights movements in self-arranged placements with 9 |
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| 205 | 205 | | universities or nongovernmental organizations in for-10 |
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| 206 | 206 | | eign countries.’’. 11 |
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| 207 | 207 | | SEC. 4. SUNSET. 12 |
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| 208 | 208 | | The authority to carry out the John Lewis Civil 13 |
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| 209 | 209 | | Rights Fellowship Program established under section 115 14 |
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| 210 | 210 | | of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 15 |
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| 211 | 211 | | 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), as added by section 2, 16 |
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| 212 | 212 | | shall expire on the date that is 7 years after the date of 17 |
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| 213 | 213 | | the enactment of this Act. 18 |
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