§6101 Establishment of Fellowship Program

Summary

Creates the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. The Director of the U.S. Information Agency will give grants, if money is available, to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs so the Center can award fellowships to eligible U.S. citizens for two years (or a shorter time if the Center decides because of a fellow’s Japanese language skill or knowledge of Japan’s political economy). Year one is for studying Japanese and Japan’s political economy. Year two places the fellow in a Japanese government office, ministry, or agency, or, with the Center’s and the fellow’s U.S. agency’s approval, in a Japanese non‑government organization linked to the fellow’s work. These awards are called Mansfield Fellowships and winners are Mansfield Fellows. Grants are allowed only if the Center agrees to follow the rules in section 6102. The Director should try to make an agreement with Japan to place fellows. The Center may accept gifts or donations if the Director approves them. The George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center may help with Japanese language training on a reimbursable basis by providing teachers, classrooms, materials, and facilities as long as this does not interfere with the Center’s other duties.