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 114 STAT. 2763A-254 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D (g) REPORT.— Not later than December 31, 2001, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot program carried out under this section, including recommendations concerning whether the program should be implemented on a national basis. (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until expended. TITLE II—VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION ACT OF 2000 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000". SEC. 202. PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are the following: (1) To establish an international fellowship program under which— (A) Vietnamese nationals can undertake graduate and post-graduate level studies in the sciences (natural, physical, and environmental), mathematics, medicine, and technology (including information technology); and (B) United States citizens can teach in the fields specified in subparagraph (A) in appropriate Vietnamese institutions. (2) To further the process of reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam and the building of a bilateral relationship serving the interests of both countries. SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) BOARD. — The term "Board" mesins the Board of Directors of the Foundation. (2) FOUNDATION.— The term "Foundation" means the Vietnam Education Foundation established in section 204. (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term "institution of higher education" has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). (4) UNITED STATES-VIETNAM DEBT AGREEMENT.— The term "United States-Vietnam debt agreement" means the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Regarding the Consolidation and Rescheduling of Certain Debts Owed to. Guaranteed by, or Insured by the United States Government and the Agency for International Development, dated April 7, 1997. SEC. 204. ESTABLISHMENT. There is established the Vietnam Education Foundation as an independent establishment of the executive branch under section 104 of title 5, United States Code. SEC. 205. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Foundation shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors, which shall consist of 13 members, as follows:

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