– Just prior to the Memorial Day recess, on May 23, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) approved legislation to develop a U.S.-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program. The legislation, S. 2200, was introduced on January 26, 2006, by Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the SFRC. It would authorize the Department of State to establish a new parliamentary exchange program that would allow eligible participants to attend a public high school in the host country for one academic year, with an emphasis on studies in history, constitution and political development. Participants would be eligible, either during or after completion of their academic studies, for an internship in an “appropriate position” in the host country. The legislation does not define the term “appropriate position.”