§2719 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of State may give grants to colleges or to students to help them learn about and get interested in jobs in the Foreign Service or the Civil Service. The Secretary must try, when possible, to focus on minority students. The rules for these grants must set limits on how big a grant can be, make sure a student does not get more federal grant money than the cost of their education, and require that students keep making satisfactory academic progress to keep getting funds. Working with the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, the Secretary may also create Diplomatic Security fellowship programs. Those fellowships give grants to U.S. students who agree to train for jobs as special agents, security engineering officers, or civil servants in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. The Secretary must write rules that explain who can get a fellowship, how to apply, the maximum award, and the academic progress needed.

Title 22, §2719

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of State may make grants to postsecondary educational institutions or students for the purpose of increasing the level of knowledge and awareness of and interest in employment with the Foreign Service or the Civil Service, consistent with section 3905 of this title. To the extent possible, the Secretary shall give special emphasis to promoting such knowledge and awareness of, and interest in employment with, the Foreign Service or the Civil Service among minority students. Any grants awarded shall be made pursuant to regulations to be established by the Secretary of State, which shall provide for a limit on the size of any specific grant and, regarding any grants to individuals, shall ensure that no grant recipient receives an amount of grants from one or more Federal programs which in the aggregate would exceed the cost of his or her education, and shall require satisfactory educational progress by grantees as a condition of eligibility for continued receipt of grant funds.

(b)(1)The Secretary of State, working through the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, is authorized to establish Diplomatic Security fellowship programs to provide grants to United States nationals pursuing post-secondary studies who commit to pursuing a career as a special agent, security engineering officer, or in the civil service in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

(2)The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations for the administration of Diplomatic Security fellowship programs that set forth—

(A)the eligibility requirements for receiving a grant under this subsection;

(B)the process by which eligible applicants may request such a grant;

(C)the maximum amount of such a grant; and

(D)the educational progress to which all grant recipients are obligated.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 47 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was renumbered section 48 by section 150(1) of Pub. L. 101–246, and set out as a

Short Title

of 1956 Amendment note under section 2651 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 111(1), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.

Amendments

2023—Pub. L. 118–31 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). 2022—Pub. L. 117–263 inserted “or the Civil Service” after “with the Foreign Service” in first sentence and “or the Civil Service” after “Foreign Service” in second sentence. Technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 3905 of this title could not be executed.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Nancy Pelosi Fellowship Program Pub. L. 117–328, div. K, title I, par. (6)(H), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4975, provided that: “Of the funds appropriated under this heading [“diplomatic programs” under “Department of State” and “Administration of Foreign Affairs”], not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a postsecondary educational institution for the purpose of establishing a program to increase the participation of undergraduate students in the Foreign Service, as authorized by section 150 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2719): Provided, That such grant program shall hereafter be named the ‘Nancy Pelosi Fellowship Program’.”

§2719 Grants for Training and Education in International Affairs