§4901 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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Set up a fellowship program called "Fascell Fellowships" that places U.S. citizens in jobs at American embassies or consulates abroad for one to two years. Fellows fill positions that would otherwise be held by local staff and get first‑hand experience in the country, which can include independent study of local language or area studies. To be a Fellow, a person must be a U.S. citizen and can be a student, teacher, scholar, or someone with experience or interest in international affairs or languages. Fellows must know the main language of the country where they serve. The Secretary of State must actively recruit women and members of minority groups.

Title 22, §4901

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(a)There is hereby established a fellowship program pursuant to which the Secretary of State will provide fellowships to United States citizens while they serve, for a period of between one and two years, in positions which would otherwise be held by foreign national employees at United States diplomatic or consular missions abroad.

(b)Fellowships under this chapter shall be known as “Fascell Fellowships”.

(c)Fellowships under this chapter shall be provided in order to allow the recipient (hereafter in this chapter referred to as a “Fellow”) to serve on a short-term basis at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad in order to obtain first hand exposure to that country, including (as appropriate) independent study in that country’s area studies or languages.

(d)To receive a fellowship under this chapter, an individual must be a United States citizen who is an undergraduate or graduate student, a teacher, scholar, or other academic, or an other individual, who has expertise in international affairs, foreign languages, or career and professional experience or interest in international affairs, and who has a working knowledge of the principal language of the country in which he or she would serve.

(e)In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State shall actively recruit women and members of minority groups.

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1993—Pub. L. 103–199 substituted “abroad” for “in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe” in section catchline. 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–454, § 9(b)(1), substituted “which would otherwise be” for “formerly” and “abroad” for “in the Soviet Union or Eastern European countries”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–454, § 9(b)(2), substituted “abroad” for “in the Soviet Union or an Eastern European country” and “that country’s” for “Soviet or Eastern European”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–454, § 9(b)(3), substituted “international affairs, foreign languages, or career and professional experience or interest in international affairs,” for “Soviet or Eastern European area studies or languages”.

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of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–454, § 9(a), Oct. 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 1065, provided that: “This section [amending this section and section 4902 and 4904 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 4902 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Fascell Fellowship

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Act of 1990’.”

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Pub. L. 99–399, title X, § 1001, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 893, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Fascell Fellowship Act’.”

§4901 Fellowship program for temporary service at United States missions abroad

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