A bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2009 - Establishes in the executive branch the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.
Requires the Foundation to award grants, increasingly for study in nontraditional study abroad destinations, to: (1) U.S. students; (2) nongovernmental institutions that provide and promote study abroad opportunities for U.S. students, in consortium with institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (3) IHEs, individually or in consortium. Declares the sense of Congress on the distribution of such grants among individuals and institutions.
Directs the the Comptroller General to review the operations of the Foundation.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2479-2480)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2480-2483)
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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