22 U.S.C. § 6101 — Establishment of Fellowship Program

(a) Establishment. (1) The Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program is established. Subject to available appropriations, the Director of the United States Information Agency will grant money to the Mansfield Center^* for Pacific Affairs so it can award eligible United States citizens fellowships normally lasting 2 years. Under section 6102(5)(C), the Center may make a fellowship shorter based on the Fellow’s Japanese-language proficiency or knowledge of Japan’s political economy. (A) During year one, the recipient studies Japanese and Japan’s political economy. (B) During year two, the recipient serves as a fellow in a parliamentary office, ministry, or other Japanese Government agency, or, with the Center’s approval, in a Japanese nongovernmental institution connected with the recipient’s interests and originating United States agency, consistent with this chapter. (2) These fellowships may be called “Mansfield Fellowships,” and recipients may be called “Mansfield Fellows.”

(b) Eligibility of Center for grants. The Center may receive grants under this section only if it agrees to meet section 6102’s requirements.

(c) International agreement. The Director should negotiate with Japan’s Government to place fellows in that Government.

(d) Private sources. Subject to the Director’s review and approval, the Center may accept, use, and dispose of donated services or property to run the program.

(e) Use of Federal facilities. The George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center is authorized and encouraged, on a reimbursable basis, to help the Center provide Japanese training by supplying teachers, classrooms, teaching materials, and facilities, so long as doing so does not harm the Institute’s other legal responsibilities.