Sec. 2. John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program
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The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program (referred to in this section as the Fellowship Program ) within the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program. The purposes of the Fellowship Program are— to honor the legacy of Representative John Lewis by promoting a greater understanding of the history and tenets of nonviolent civil rights movements; and to promote studies, research, and international exchange in the subject of nonviolent movements that established and protected civil rights around the world.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (referred to in this section as the Bureau ) shall administer the Fellowship Program in accordance with policy guidelines established by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, in consultation with the binational Fulbright Commissions and United States Embassies. The Board shall annually select qualified individuals to participate in the Fellowship Program. The Board may determine the number of fellows selected each year, which shall be not fewer than 25 whenever feasible.
The Bureau should conduct outreach at organizations described in subparagraph (B)— to broaden the pool of qualified applicants; and to facilitate, to the extent practicable, diversity within each cohort of fellows. The organizations described in this subparagraph are— minority serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities; and other appropriate institutions, as determined by the Board. In this paragraph: The term diversity means diversity of individuals based on factors including race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, or military service.
The term historically Black college and university has the meaning given the term part B institution in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1061 ). The term minority-serving institution means an eligible institution under section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) ). The Bureau shall organize and administer a fellowship orientation that shall— be held in Washington, DC, or at another location selected by the Bureau; include programming to honor the legacy of Representative John Lewis; and be held on an annual basis not later than 30 days before the commencement of the fellowship program.
To carry out the purposes described in subsection (b)(2)— each fellow selected pursuant to subsection
(d)shall arrange an internship or research placement— with a nongovernmental organization, academic institution, or other organization approved by the Bureau; and in a country with an operational Fulbright U.S. Student Program; and the Bureau shall, for each fellow, approve a work plan that identifies the target objectives for the fellow, including specific duties and responsibilities relating to those objectives. Each fellow shall— attend the fellowship orientation described in subsection (e); not later than the date that is one year after the end of the fellowship period, attend a fellowship summit organized and administered by the Bureau, which shall be held in Atlanta, Georgia, or at another location of importance to the civil rights movement in the United States and selected by the Bureau; and at such summit, give a presentation on lessons learned during the period of fellowship. Each fellowship under this section shall continue for a period determined by the Bureau, which shall be not shorter than 10 months whenever feasible. The Bureau shall provide each fellow under this section with an allowance that is equal to the amount needed for— the fellow's reasonable costs during the fellowship period; and travel and lodging expenses related to attending the orientation and summit required under subsection (e)(2). Not later than 1 year after the date of the selection of the initial cohort of fellows under subsection (d), and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary of State shall brief Congress on the state of the Fellowship Program, including— the demographics of the cohort of fellows who completed a fellowship during the preceding 1-year period; an analysis of the diversity of the Fellowship Program based on the demographics of each cohort of fellows who completed a fellowship by the date of the briefing; and an analysis of trends relating to the diversity of the cohorts of fellows over the course of the Fellowship Program. .
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