 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
 
           Part A--International and Foreign Language Studies
 
Sec. 1126. Technological innovation and cooperation for foreign 
        information access
        

(a) Authority

    The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher 
education, public or nonprofit private libraries, or consortia of such 
institutions or libraries, to develop innovative techniques or programs 
using new electronic technologies to collect, organize, preserve, and 
widely disseminate information on world regions and countries other than 
the United States that address our Nation's teaching and research needs 
in international education and foreign languages.

(b) Authorized activities

    Grants under this section may be used--
        (1) to facilitate access to or preserve foreign information 
    resources in print or electronic forms;
        (2) to develop new means of immediate, full-text document 
    delivery for information and scholarship from abroad;
        (3) to develop new means of shared electronic access to 
    international data;
        (4) to support collaborative projects of indexing, cataloging, 
    and other means of bibliographic access for scholars to important 
    research materials published or distributed outside the United 
    States;
        (5) to develop methods for the wide dissemination of resources 
    written in non-Roman language alphabets;
        (6) to assist teachers of less commonly taught languages in 
    acquiring, via electronic and other means, materials suitable for 
    classroom use; and
        (7) to promote collaborative technology based projects in 
    foreign languages, area studies, and international studies among 
    grant recipients under this subchapter.

(c) Application

    Each institution or consortium desiring a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the 
Secretary may reasonably require.

(d) Match required

    The Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a program 
supported by a grant under this section shall not be more than 66\2/3\ 
percent. The non-Federal share of such cost may be provided either in-
kind or in cash, and may include contributions from private sector 
corporations or foundations.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 606, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title VI, 
Sec. 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1781.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1126, Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 609, formerly 
Sec. 606, as added Pub. L. 96-374, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 
94 Stat. 1467; renumbered Sec. 609, Pub. L. 99-498, title VI, 
Sec. 605(1), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1517; amended Pub. L. 102-325, 
title VI, Sec. 601, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 727, related to equitable 
distribution of grants, prior to the general amendment of this part by 
Pub. L. 105-244.
    Another prior section 1126, Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 606, Nov. 
8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1265, related to reservation and payment of equipment 
grants to institutions of higher education, prior to the general 
amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96-374.
    A prior section 606 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 1125 
of this title, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 
105-244.
