To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on participation in educational and cultural exchange programs.

This bill would require the Secretary of State to send a report to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee within 180 days of becoming law, and every 5 years after that. The report would list, by country, how many people took part in exchange programs sponsored or funded by China and in certain U.S. programs, such as the Fulbright Program and the Young African Leaders Initiative. For each U.S. program, it would include funding, participant numbers and ages, and survey results on how participants view the United States. The report would also analyze participation trends and how these programs affect U.S. and Chinese influence in each country. The bill also states Congress's view that the United States should expand its own exchange programs.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Ami Bera Democrat sponsor
• 6 cosponsors