§6101 Establishment of Fellowship Program

Summary

Creates the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. The Director of the United States Information Agency can give grants, if money is available, to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs to award fellowships that last 2 years each (or shorter if allowed under section 6102(5)(C)). In the first year, fellows study Japanese language and Japan’s political economy. In the second year, fellows work in a Japanese parliamentary office, ministry, or other government agency, or in a Center-approved Japanese nongovernmental institution, and with the U.S. agency that sent them. These awards are called Mansfield Fellowships and the people are Mansfield Fellows. Grants can be made only if the Center agrees to follow section 6102. The Director should try to make an agreement with Japan to place fellows in Japanese government offices. The Center may accept gifts or donations of money, property, or services with the Director’s review and approval. The George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center is allowed and encouraged to help teach Japanese on a reimbursable basis by providing teachers, classrooms, materials, and facilities, so long as this does not harm its other legal duties.