Sec. 235. AMERICAN STUDIES COLLECTIONS

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## SEC. 235 AMERICAN STUDIES COLLECTIONS ###

(a)Authority In order to promote a thorough understanding of the United States among emerging elites abroad, the Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to establish and support collections at appropriate university libraries abroad to further the study of the United States, and to enter into agreements with such universities for such purposes. ###

(b)Design and Development Such collections— ####

(1)shall be developed in consultation with United States associations and organizations of scholars in the principal academic disciplines in which American studies are conducted; and ####

(2)shall be designed primarily to meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students of American studies. ###

(c)Site Selection In selecting universities abroad as sites for such collections, the Director shall— ####

(1)ensure that such universities are able, within a reasonable period of the establishment of such collections, to assume responsibility for their maintenance in current form; ####

(2)ensure that undergraduate and graduate students shall enjoy reasonable access to such collections; and ####

(3)include in any agreement entered into between the United States Information Agency and a university abroad, terms embodying a contractual commitment of such maintenance and access under this subsection. ###

(d)Funding ####

(1)The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to establish an endowment fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “fund”) to carry out the purposes of this section and to enter into such agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. ####

(2)#####

(A)The Director shall make deposits to the fund of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this section. #####

(B)The Director is authorized to accept, use, and dispose of gifts of donations of services or property to carry out this section. Sums donated to carry out the purposes of this section shall be deposited into the fund. ####

(3)The corpus of the fund shall be invested in federally-insured bank savings accounts or comparable interest-bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of the United States, or other low-risk instruments and securities. ####

(4)The Director may withdraw or expend amounts from the fund for any expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. ###

(e)Availability of Authorizations of Appropriations Authorizations of appropriations for the purposes of this section shall be available without fiscal year limitation and shall remain available until used.