Sec. 240. ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM
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## SEC. 240 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM ###
(a)Purpose The purpose of this section is to establish a program to promote academic exchanges in disciplines relevant to environment and sustainable development. ###
(b)Program Authority Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the United States Information Agency, through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, shall provide scholarships beginning in the fiscal year 1994, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for study at United States institutions of higher education in furtherance of the purpose of this section for foreign students who have completed their undergraduate education and for postsecondary educators. ###
(c)Guidelines The scholarship program under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines: ####
(1)Consistent with section 112(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(b)), all programs created pursuant to this Act shall be nonpolitical and balanced, and shall be administered in keeping with the highest standards of academic integrity and cost-effectiveness. ####
(2)The United States Information Agency shall administer this program under the auspices of the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program. ####
(3)The United States Information Agency shall ensure the regional diversity of this program through the selection of candidates from Asia, Africa, Latin America, as well as Europe and the Middle East. ###
(d)Definition For purposes of this section, the term “**institution of higher education**” has the same meaning given to such term by section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM
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