by Alliance Staff | Jun 15, 2017 | Congressional News, Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Funding, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Public Diplomacy
During this week’s House State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on the administration’s FY2018 budget request for the Department of State, Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent (R) voiced his strong support for educational and cultural exchange programs and expressed concern about the 55% cut to exchange program funding proposed by the Trump administration for FY2018.
by Alliance Staff | Jun 15, 2017 | Congressional News, Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Funding, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Public Diplomacy
Educational and cultural exchange programs were mentioned twice during a hearing of the Senate State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee this week. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared before the committee to review the administration’s FY2018 budget request for the U.S. Department of State.
by Alliance Staff | Dec 16, 2016 | Barack Obama, Congressional News, Federal Register, Funding, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest
After approval in both Chambers of Congress last week, President Barack Obama signed into law an FY 2017 continuing resolution (CR) that will keep the government funded until April 28, 2017, at the fiscal cap of $1.07 trillion, CQ.com reported. The legislation allocates a total of “$58.8 billion for the International Affairs Budget, an increase of $4.2 billion (8%) above FY16 levels”, according to the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition.
by Alliance Staff | Dec 13, 2016 | Congressional News, Federal Register, Funding
For the first time in 14 years, Congress approved and sent to President Obama to be signed into law, a Department of State Authorization Act (S.1635), as announced in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) press release.
by Alliance Staff | Sep 28, 2016 | Congressional News, Federal Register, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Study Abroad
U.S. Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) re-introduced the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act, a bipartisan legislation that would expand opportunities for students at U.S. colleges and universities to obtain study abroad experiences through the U.S. Department of Education.
by Alliance Staff | Sep 27, 2016 | Congressional News, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad
Commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Programs, a congressional resolution introduced in the House of Representatives last week recognizes the value of these international research and training programs in promoting mutual understanding and global learning. The Fulbright-Hays Programs were created through the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, or Fulbright-Hays Act, signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on September 21, 1961.
