§6101 Establishment of Fellowship Program

Summary

Creates the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program to give two-year fellowships to U.S. citizens. The Director of the United States Information Agency will fund the program by giving grants to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, if money is available and the Center follows the rules in section 6102. Fellowships last two years (or less under section 6102(5)(C) if the Center decides based on a fellow’s Japanese skill or knowledge). Year one is Japanese language and study of Japan’s political economy. Year two places the fellow in a Japanese parliamentary office, ministry, other government agency, or an approved Japanese nongovernmental institution tied to the fellow’s interests and origin U.S. agency. The awards are called Mansfield Fellowships and recipients are Mansfield Fellows. The USIA Director should seek an agreement with Japan to place fellows. The Center may accept gifts or donations to run the program, but the Director must review and approve them. The George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center may help with language training for pay by providing teachers, classrooms, materials, and facilities, as long as doing so does not interfere with its other duties.