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[CITE: 22USC6102]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                CHAPTER 70--MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 6102. Program requirements

    The program established under this chapter shall comply with the 
following requirements:
        (1) United States citizens who are eligible for fellowships 
    under this chapter shall be employees of the Federal Government 
    having at least two years experience in any branch of the 
    Government, a strong career interest in United States-Japan 
    relations, and a demonstrated commitment to further service in the 
    Federal Government, and such other qualifications as are determined 
    by the Center.
        (2) Not more than 10 fellowships may be awarded each year of 
    which not more than 3 shall be awarded to individuals who are not 
    detailed employees of the Government.
        (3)(A) Fellows shall agree to maintain satisfactory progress in 
    language training and appropriate behavior in Japan, as determined 
    by the Center, as a condition of continued receipt of Federal funds.
        (B) Fellows who are not detailees shall agree to return to the 
    Federal Government for further employment for a period of at least 2 
    years following the end of their fellowships, unless, in the 
    determination of the Center, the fellow is unable (for reasons 
    beyond the fellow's control and after receiving assistance from the 
    Center as provided in paragraph (8)) to find reemployment for such 
    period.
        (4) During the period of the fellowship, the Center shall 
    provide--
            (A) to each fellow who is not a detailee a stipend at a rate 
        of pay equal to the rate of pay that individual was receiving 
        when he or she entered the program, plus a cost-of-living 
        adjustment calculated at the same rate of pay, and for the same 
        period of time, for which such adjustments were made to the 
        salaries of individuals occupying competitive positions in the 
        civil service during the same period as the fellowship; and
            (B) to each fellow (including detailees) certain allowances 
        and benefits as that individual would have been entitled to, but 
        for his or her separation from Government service, as a United 
        States Government civilian employee overseas under the 
        Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) 
        of the Department of State, as follows: a living quarters 
        allowance to cover the higher cost of housing in Japan, a post 
        allowance to cover the significantly higher costs of living in 
        Japan, an education allowance to assist parents in providing 
        their children with educational services ordinarily provided 
        without charge by United States public schools, moving expenses 
        of up to $1,000 for personal belongings of fellows and their 
        families in their move to Japan and one-round-trip economy-class 
        airline ticket to Japan for each fellow and the fellow's 
        immediate family.

        (5)(A) For the first year of each fellowship, the Center shall 
    provide fellows with intensive Japanese language training in the 
    Washington, D.C., area, as well as courses in the political economy 
    of Japan.
        (B) Such training shall be of the same quality as training 
    provided to Foreign Service officers before they are assigned to 
    Japan.
        (C) The Center may waive any or all of the training required by 
    subparagraph (A) to the extent that a fellow has Japanese language 
    skills or knowledge of Japan's political economy, and the 2-year 
    fellowship period shall be shortened to the extent such training is 
    less than one year.
        (6) Any fellow who is not a detailee who does not comply with 
    the requirements of this section shall reimburse the United States 
    Information Agency for the Federal funds expended for the Fellow's 
    participation in the fellowship, together with interest on such 
    funds (calculated at the prevailing rate), as follows:
            (A) Full reimbursement for noncompliance with paragraph 
        (3)(A) or (9).
            (B) Pro rata reimbursement for noncompliance with paragraph 
        (3)(B) for any period the fellow is reemployed by the Federal 
        Government that is less than the period specified in paragraph 
        (3)(B), at a rate equal to the amount the fellow received during 
        the final year of the fellowship for the same period of time, 
        including any allowances and benefits provided under paragraph 
        (4).

        (7) The Center shall select fellows based solely on merit. The 
    Center shall make positive efforts to recruit candidates reflecting 
    the cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity of the United States.
        (8) The Center shall assist, to the extent possible, any fellow 
    who is not a detailee in finding employment in the Federal 
    Government if such fellow was not able, at the end of the 
    fellowship, to be reemployed in the agency from which he or she 
    separated to become a fellow.
        (9) No fellow may engage in any intelligence or intelligence-
    related activity on behalf of the United States Government.
        (10) The financial records of the Center shall be audited 
    annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by 
    independent certified public accountants or independent licensed 
    public accountants, certified or licensed by a regulatory authority 
    of a State or other political subdivision of the United States. The 
    audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the financial 
    records of the Center are normally kept. All books, financial 
    records, files, and other papers, things, and property belonging to 
    or in use by the Center and necessary to facilitate the audit shall 
    be made available to the person or persons conducting the audit, and 
    full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or 
    securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians shall 
    be afforded to such person or persons.
        (11) The Center shall provide a report of the audit to the 
    Director of the United States Information Agency no later than six 
    months following the close of the fiscal year for which the audit is 
    made. The report shall set forth the scope of the audit and include 
    such statements, together with the independent auditor's opinion of 
    those statements, as are necessary to present fairly the Center's 
    assets and liabilities, surplus or deficit, with reasonable detail, 
    including a statement of the Center's income and expenses during the 
    year, including a schedule of all contracts and grants requiring 
    payments in excess of $5,000 and any payments of compensation, 
    salaries, or fees at a rate in excess of $5,000 per year. The report 
    shall be produced in sufficient copies for the public.

(Pub. L. 103-236, title II, Sec. 253, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 428.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions 
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6101, 6104 of this title.
