(b) DEFINITION.

(1) As used in this section, the term "Caribbean region"

(A) Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago;

(B) Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands; and

(C) French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.

(2) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to encourage or authorize scholarships for students from any country which is a Communist country.

TITLE III-EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, there are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs $188,625,000 for the fiscal year 1988 10 and $192,438,000 for the fiscal year 1989 to carry out the purposes of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. 11 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section, not less than

(1) $93,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $93,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only for grants for the Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs;

(2) $39,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $39,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only for grants for the International Visitors Program;

(3) $5,250,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $5,250,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only for grants for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program;

(4) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only for the Congress-Bundestag Exchange;

• Previous authorizations of appropriations may be found in individual United States Information Agency Authorization Acts.

10 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act of 1988, Public Law 100202, 101 Stat. 1329) provided the following for "Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs": "Notwithstanding section 301(a)(1) through (7) of H.R. 1777 (the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1988 and 1989), for expenses of Fulbright, International Visitor, Humphrey Fellowship and Congress-Bundestag Exchange Programs, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), $142,310,000: PROVIDED, That not less than $540,000 shall be made available to the Institute for Representative Government for a pilot program for exchanges of persons and other exchange-related activities with legislators and legislatures of developing democracies: PROVIDED FURTHER, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to the Oregon Historical Society to assist in the establishment of the North Pacific Research Center in Portland, Oregon. For the Private Sector Exchange Programs, $7,730,000 of which $500,000 shall be available only for the Seattle Goodwill Games Organizing Committee for Cultural Exchange and other exchange-related activities associated with the 1990 Goodwill Games to be held in Seattle, Washington.'

11 For text of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, see page 662.

(5) $500,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only to the Seattle Goodwill Games Organizing Committee for Cultural Exchange and other exchange-related activities associated with the 1990 Goodwill Games to be held in Seattle, Washington;

(6) $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only for the Arts America Program; and

(7) $300,000 for the fiscal year 1988 shall be available only for books and materials to complete the collections at the Edward Zorinsky Memorial Library in Jakarta, Indonesia. (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION.-(1) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), not less than $2,000,000 shall be available only for grants for exchange of persons programs between the United States and the Soviet Union.

(2) Funds allocated by paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) may be counted toward the allocation required by this subsection to the extent that such funds are used, in accordance with their respective programs, for grants for exchange of persons programs between the United States and the Soviet Union.

SEC. 302. SAMANTHA SMITH MEMORIAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. (a) 12 * * *

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301, there is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1988 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 to carry out the program established by the amendment made by subsection (a).

SEC. 303. 13 * *

SEC. 304. PROFESSORSHIP ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY.

(a) FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR PROFESSORSHIP.-The President, in support of the statutory program of American studies abroad, is directed to foster studies in constitutional democracy at the Santo Tomas University in the Republic of the Philippines by supporting at such university under section 102(b)(4) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(4)) a professorship on the subject of constitutional democracy, if such professorship is established by such university.

(b) FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROFESSORSHIP.-If the professorship referred to in subsection (a) is established by the Santo Tomas University in the Republic of the Philippines, veterans of the Pacific theater in World War II and veterans of the Korean conflict and Vietnam era are encouraged to contribute funds under section 105(f) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f)) to support such professorship.

12 Subsec. (a) amended sec. 112(a) of the Mutual Educational Exchange Act of 1961 to establish the Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program.

13 Sec. 303 amended sec. 112(a) of the Mutual Educational Exchange Act of 1961 to establish the Arts America Program.

SEC. 306. THE EDWARD ZORINSKY MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

(a) MEMORIAL FOR EDWARD ZORINSKY.-The United States Information Service library in Jakarta, Indonesia is named "The Edward Zorinsky Memorial Library".

(b) MEMORIAL PLAQUE.-The Director of the United States Information Agency shall cause a plaque to be made and prominently displayed at the library described in subsection (a). The plaque shall bear the following inscription:

"THE EDWARD ZORINSKY MEMORIAL LIBRARY

“This library is dedicated to the memory of Edward Zorinsky, United States Senator from Nebraska. As a Senator, Edward Zorinsky worked tirelessly to promote the free exchange of ideas and people between the United States and other countries. This library, which is a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge between the people of the United States and the people of Indonesia, was reopened after a hiatus of more than twenty years as a result of legislation authored by Senator Zorinsky.".

SEC. 307. CULTURAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

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(c) APPLICATION.-The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to members of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee first appointed after the date of enactment of this Act.

TITLE IV-VOICE OF AMERICA

SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under title II, there are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts to the United States Information Agency for the Voice of America for the purpose of carrying out title V of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act:

(1) for "Salaries and Expenses", $177,200,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $180,744,000 for the fiscal year 1989;

(2) 15 for "Voice of America/Europe", $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $3,060,000 for the fiscal year 1989; and

14 Subsec. (a) amended sec. 306(b)(3)(A) of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to establish terms of service for members of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee. 15 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap propriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act of 1988, Public Law 100202, 101 Stat. 1329) provided the following: "Funds appropriated to the United States Information Agency for radio construction and to the Board for International Broadcasting for facility modernization, including for both agencies balances available from prior years, may be transferred between the two agencies to meet priority broadcasting facility improvement needs as mutually agreed to by the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting: PROVIDED, That such transfers will be subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate pursuant to the reprogramming provisions of section 608 of this Act."

(3) 16 for "Radio Broadcasting to Cuba", $12,652,000 for the fiscal year 1988 17 and $12,905,000 for the fiscal year 1989.

SEC. 403. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS.

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that the overriding national security aspects of the $1,300,000,000 facilities modernization program of the Voice of America require the assurance of uninterrupted logistic support under all circumstances for the program. Therefore, it is in the best interests of the United States to provide a preference for United States contractors bidding on the projects of this program.

(b) RESPONSIVE BID.-A bid shall not be treated as a responsive bid for purposes of the facilities modernization program of the Voice of America unless the bidder can establish that the United States goods and services content, excluding consulting and management fees, of his proposal and the resulting contract will not be less than 55 percent of the value of his proposal and the resulting total contract.

(c) PREFERENCE FOR UNITED STATES CONTRACTORS.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any case where there are two or more qualified bidders on projects of the facilities modernization program of the Voice of America, including design and construction projects and projects with respect to transmitters, antennas, spare parts, and other technical equipment, all the responsive bids of United States persons and qualified United States joint venture persons shall be considered to be reduced by 10 percent.

(d) EXCEPTION.

(1) Subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to any project of the facilities modernization program of the Voice of America when

(A) precluded by the terms of an international agreement with the host foreign country;

(B) a foreign bidder can establish that he is a national of a country whose government permits United States contractors and suppliers the opportunity to bid on a competitive and nondiscriminatory basis with its national contractors and suppliers, on procurement and projects related to the construction, modernization, upgrading, or expansion of

(i) its national public radio and television sector, or (ii) its private radio and television sector, to the extent that such procurement or project is, in whole or in part, funded or otherwise under the control of a government agency or authority; or

(C) the Secretary of Commerce certifies (in advance of the award of the contract for that project) to the Director of the United States Information Agency that the foreign

16 Previous authorizations of appropriations for "Radio Broadcasting to Cuba" may be found in the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act on page 760.

17 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap propriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act of 1988, Public Law 100202, 101 Stat. 1329) provided the following appropriation for "Radio Broadcasting to Cuba": $12,759,000.

bidder is not receiving any direct subsidy from any government, the effect of which would be to disadvantage the competitive position of United States persons who also bid on the project, or

D. the statutes of a host foreign country prohibit the use of United States contractors on such projects within that country.

(2) An exception under paragraph (1D) shall only become effective with respect to a foreign country 30 days after the Secretary of State certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Repre sentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate what specific actions the Secretary has taken to urge the foreign country to permit the use of United States contractors on such projects. (d) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section

(1) the term “United States person" means a person that(A) is incorporated or otherwise legally organized under the laws of the United States, including any State (and any political subdivision thereof) and the District of Columbia;

(B) has its principal place of business in the United States;

(C) has been incorporated or otherwise legally organized in the United States for more than 5 years before the issuance date of the Invitation For Bids or the Request For Proposals with respect to a modernization project under subsection (b);

(D) has proven, as indicated by prior contracting experience, to possess the technical, managerial, and financial capability to successfully complete a project similar in nature and technical complexity to that being contracted for;

(EX(i) employs United States citizens in at least 80 percent of its principal management positions in the United States;

(ii) employs United States citizens in more than half of its permanent, full- time positions in the United States; and

(iii) will employ United States citizens in at least 80 percent of the supervisory positions on the modernization project site; and

(F) has the existing technical and financial resources in the United States to perform the contract; and

(2) the term "qualified United States joint venture person' means a joint venture in which a United States person or persons own at least 51 percent of the assets of the joint venture. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The provisions of this section shall apply to any project with respect to which the Request For Proposals (commonly referred to as "RFP") or the Invitation For Bids (commonly referred to as "IFB") was issued after December 28, 1986.