,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #d1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,bera 7for himself and ,mr4   
,wilson of ,south ,carolina7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,state to submit a report on           
participation in educational and        
cultural exchange programs4  #a4        
,promoting ,united ,states educational  
and cultural exchange programs  7a7     
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7#a7 ,congress         
recognizes the critical role of         
international exchange and study abroad 
programs in advancing ,united ,states   
national security interests1            
strengthening diplomatic ties1 and      
fostering global leadership skills among
 emerging leaders1 particularly in      
regions vital to ,united ,states        
strategic interests2  7#b7 educational  
and cultural exchange programs are      

critical soft power tools for building  
influence with the next generation of   
leaders in partner nations2  7#c7 the   
,people's ,republic of ,china is        
actively deploying such programs to     
expand its influence2 and  7#d7 the     
,united ,states must expand and         
strengthen its own exchange programs to 
maintain and advance ,united ,states    
strategic interests globally4  7b7      
,reporting requirements  7#a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and every #e years thereafter1 the      
,secretary of ,state shall submit to the
 appropriate congressional committees a 
report that includes-- 7,a7 a list1     
disaggregated by country1 of the number 
of individuals who participated in      
educational or cultural exchange        
programs sponsored or funded by the     
,people's ,republic of ,china in the    
previous year2  7,b7 a list1            
disaggregated by country1 of the number 
of individuals who participated in a    

program described in paragraph 7#b7 in  
the previous year2  7,c7 in coordination
 with the ,monitoring1 ,evaluation1     
,learning1 and ,innovation ,unit1 for   
each program described in paragraph     
7#b7-- 7i7 the amount of funds provided 
by the ,united ,states for the program2 
7ii7 the number of participants in the  
program2  7iii7 the number of cohorts in
 the program2  7iv7 the countries of    
origin of the participants in the       
program2  7v7 the ages of the           
participants in the program2  7vi7 the  
percent of participants in the program  
who reported a more favorable opinion of
 the ,united ,states ,government        
following participation in the program2 
7vii7 the percent of foreign            
participants who traveled to the ,united
 ,states for the first time during the  
program2  7viii7 the percent of foreign 
participants who reported that they are 
more likely to recommend the ,united    
,states as a good place to study        
following participation in the program2 

7ix7 the percent of foreign participants
 who reported a more favorable opinion  
of ,united ,states citizens following   
participation in the program2  7x7 the  
percent of foreign participants who     
reported an increased understanding of  
,united ,states culture and values as a 
result of participation in the program2 
7xi7 the percent of participants who    
agreed with statements in support of    
democratic values following             
participation in the program2  7xii7 the
 percent of foreign participants who    
reported an increased network of ,united
 ,states citizens as a result of        
participation in the program2 and       
7xiii7 the percent of participants who  
reported that they understand that the  
program they participated in is a       
,department of ,state program2  7,d7 an 
assessment of trends of participation in
 the programs described in subparagraph 
7,a7 and paragraph 7#b7 and an analysis 
of the implications of such trends for  
,united ,states diplomatic and strategic

 interests2 and  7,e7 an analysis of the
 impact of such programs on the         
diplomatic standing and strategic       
influence of the ,united ,states and the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china in each  
respective country4  7#b7 ,programs     
described ,the programs described in    
this paragraph are the following3 7,a7  
,the ,fulbright ,program4  7,b7 ,the    
,young ,african ,leaders ,initiative1   
including the ,mandela ,washington      
,fellowship4  7,c7 ,the ,young          
,southeast ,asian ,leaders ,initiative4 
7,d7 ,the ,kennedy-,lugar ,youth        
,exchange and ,study ,program4  7,e7    
,the ,future ,leaders ,exchange         
,program4  7,f7 ,any educational or     
cultural exchange program sponsored or  
funded by the ,united ,states that was  
previously included in a report required
 by paragraph 7#a74  7,g7 ,in the case  
of any report required by paragraph 7#a7
 submitted after the first such report1 
not fewer than #aj educational or       
cultural exchange programs sponsored or 

funded by the ,united ,states that have 
not been included in a previous such    
report4  7#c7 ,form ,the reports        
required in this subsection shall be    
submitted in an unclassified form1 but  
may include a classified annex4  7c7    
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate4