HR 3830
99th Congress
House
International Affairs
Education
Educational exchanges
Scholarships
Student aid
U.S.S.R.
A bill to provide for a Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange and Scholarship Program to promote youth exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 21, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 9, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Dec 2, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Dec 2, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.
Nov 21, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 21, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide for educational exchanges, visits, and interchanges between U.S. and Soviet youths under 21.
Authorizes the President to award a scholarship for study in the Soviet Union in a program approved by a U.S. institution of higher education to any exceptional student who maintains a satisfactory proficiency in such student's studies and who: (1) is under 25; and (2) is enrolled in that institution.
Provides that such exchanges and scholarships shall be known as the Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange and Scholarship Program. Earmarks specified funds for FY 1986 and 1987 to carry out this Act.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1