International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund

The purpose of this section is to strengthen the public educational systems in predominantly Muslim countries by— The President is authorized to establish an International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund and to carry out programs consistent with paragraph (4) under existing authorities, including the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (commonly referred to as the “Fulbright-Hays Act”) [22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.]. The Fund may be established— The head of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may transfer any amount to the Fund, and the Fund may receive funds from private enterprises, foreign countries, or other entities. The Fund shall support programs described in this paragraph to improve the education environment in predominantly Muslim countries. There is authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010. Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 11 So in original. Probably should be “subparagraph (A)”. are authorized to remain available until expended. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) 1 shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. Not later than 180 days after August 3, 2007, and annually thereafter until January 30, 2010, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States efforts to assist in the improvement of educational opportunities for predominantly Muslim children and youths, including the progress made toward establishing the International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund. In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.