Sec. 312. Increasing the collaboration between the Department of State and the Smithsonian Institution with respect to education and cultural affairs
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There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030, $1,000,000, which shall be used to expand collaboration between the Department of State and the Smithsonian Institution by— developing an international exchange program for experts to develop and share best practices regarding ethical cultural heritage stewardship for museum professionals and community-based cultural heritage practitioners; and establishing the Dorothy Raiford Honoring Heritage Program, which shall— celebrate the legacy of Dorothy Raiford, a public school kindergarten teacher who self-funded world travel and became the first African-American docent at the Detroit Institute of Art; and bring international museum professionals and community-based cultural heritage practitioners to the United States to conduct workshops with United States public schools with significant minority student populations.