22 U.S.C. § 2228 — International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund
submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-458 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 789 words · no verdicts yet
This section authorizes a fund and programs to improve public education in predominantly Muslim countries that commit to education reform. It covers curriculum, materials, language, training, exchanges, student programs, job skills, translations, libraries, funding, and reports.
(a) Purpose. The section seeks to strengthen public education in predominantly Muslim countries by authorizing an International Muslim Youth Educational Fund to support countries committed to education reform and by providing resources to the Fund and the President.
(b) Fund. (1) The President may establish an International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund and carry out consistent programs under existing authorities, including the Fulbright-Hays Act. (2) The Fund may be a separate Treasury fund or operate through an international organization or financial institution such as UNESCO, the United Nations Development Program, or the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (3) A United States department, agency, or instrumentality may transfer money to it, and it may receive money from private businesses, foreign countries, or other entities. (4) The Fund must support programs improving education in predominantly Muslim countries: (A) modern curriculum reform, modern educational materials, English for adults and children, and greater community, family, and student participation in education strategies; (B) teacher and administrator training, regional training centers, exchanges with other countries, teacher-training exchanges focused on primary teachers, and primary and secondary student exchanges promoting understanding, tolerance, and lasting relationships; (C) after-school, civic-education, life-skills, healthy-living, nutrition, fitness, and information-technology programs for primary and secondary students; (D) vocational training and programs for older out-of-school Muslim youth covering entrepreneurship, accounting, microfinance, work training, financial literacy, and information technology; and (E) translating foreign books, newspapers, reference guides, and other reading into local languages and building and equipping modern community and university libraries. (5)(A) Such sums as necessary are authorized for fiscal years 2008 through 2010. (B) Authorized amounts remain available until spent. (C) They supplement other available amounts. (6) Within 180 days after August 3, 2007, and annually through January 30, 2010, the President must report to the appropriate congressional committees on United States efforts to improve educational opportunities for predominantly Muslim children and youth, including progress toward the Fund. (7) Those committees are the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees and the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees. This section does not define other terms it uses.
The purpose of this section is to strengthen the public educational systems in predominantly Muslim countries by—
authorizing the establishment of an International Muslim Youth Educational Fund through which the United States dedicates resources, either through a separate fund or through an international organization, to assist those countries that commit to education reform; and
providing resources for the Fund and to the President to help strengthen the public educational systems in those countries.
The President is authorized to establish an International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund and to carry out programs consistent with paragraph (4) under existing authorities, including the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (commonly referred to as the “Fulbright-Hays Act”) [22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.].
The Fund may be established—
as a separate fund in the Treasury; or
through an international organization or international financial institution, such as the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Development Program, or the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The head of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may transfer any amount to the Fund, and the Fund may receive funds from private enterprises, foreign countries, or other entities.
The Fund shall support programs described in this paragraph to improve the education environment in predominantly Muslim countries.
The establishment in predominantly Muslim countries of a program of reform to create a modern education curriculum in the public educational systems in such countries.
The establishment or modernization of educational materials to advance a modern educational curriculum in such systems.
Teaching English to adults and children.
The enhancement in predominantly Muslim countries of community, family, and student participation in the formulation and implementation of education strategies and programs in such countries.
The establishment of training programs for teachers and educational administrators to enhance skills, including the establishment of regional centers to train individuals who can transfer such skills upon return to their countries.
The establishment of exchange programs for teachers and administrators in predominantly Muslim countries and with other countries to stimulate additional ideas and reform throughout the world, including teacher training exchange programs focused on primary school teachers in such countries.
The establishment of exchange programs for primary and secondary students in predominantly Muslim countries and with other countries to foster understanding and tolerance and to stimulate long-standing relationships.
The establishment in predominantly Muslim countries of after-school programs, civic education programs, and education programs focusing on life skills, such as inter-personal skills and social relations and skills for healthy living, such as nutrition and physical fitness.
The establishment in predominantly Muslim countries of programs to improve the proficiency of primary and secondary students in information technology skills.
The establishment of programs in predominantly Muslim countries to improve vocational training in trades to help strengthen participation of Muslims and Arabs in the economic development of their countries.
The establishment of programs in predominantly Muslim countries that target older Muslim youths not in school in such areas as entrepreneurial skills, accounting, micro-finance activities, work training, financial literacy, and information technology.
The translation of foreign books, newspapers, reference guides, and other reading materials into local languages.
The construction and equipping of modern community and university libraries.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 1 are authorized to remain available until expended.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) 1 shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
Not later than 180 days after August 3, 2007, and annually thereafter until January 30, 2010, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States efforts to assist in the improvement of educational opportunities for predominantly Muslim children and youths, including the progress made toward establishing the International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund.
In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7114, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3798; Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2012, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 509.)
- 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-458 · 118 Stat. 3798
- 2007Amended · Pub. L. 110-53 · 121 Stat. 509
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 108-458 on 2004-12-17.
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