 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
 
           Part A--International and Foreign Language Studies
 
Sec. 1128a. American overseas research centers


(a) Centers authorized

    The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and enter into 
contracts with any American overseas research center that is a 
consortium of institutions of higher education (hereafter in this 
section referred to as a ``center'') to enable such center to promote 
postgraduate research, exchanges and area studies.

(b) Use of grants

    Grants made and contracts entered into pursuant to this section may 
be used to pay all or a portion of the cost of establishing or operating 
a center or program, including--
        (1) the cost of faculty and staff stipends and salaries;
        (2) the cost of faculty, staff, and student travel;
        (3) the cost of the operation and maintenance of overseas 
    facilities;
        (4) the cost of teaching and research materials;
        (5) the cost of acquisition, maintenance, and preservation of 
    library collections;
        (6) the cost of bringing visiting scholars and faculty to a 
    center to teach or to conduct research;
        (7) the cost of organizing and managing conferences; and
        (8) the cost of publication and dissemination of material for 
    the scholarly and general public.

(c) Limitation

    The Secretary shall only award grants to and enter into contracts 
with centers under this section that--
        (1) receive more than 50 percent of their funding from public or 
    private United States sources;
        (2) have a permanent presence in the country in which the center 
    is located; and
        (3) are organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 
    which are exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.

(d) Development grants

    The Secretary is authorized to make grants for the establishment of 
new centers. The grants may be used to fund activities that, within 1 
year, will result in the creation of a center described in subsection 
(c) of this section.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 609, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title VI, 
Sec. 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1782.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 609 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 1126 
of this title, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 
105-244.
    Another prior section 609 of Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Nov. 8, 1965, 
79 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 92-318, title I, Sec. 131(d)(2)(D), June 23, 
1972, 86 Stat. 260, prohibited equipment grants for sectarian 
instruction or religious worship and was classified to section 1129 of 
this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
96-374.
