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§ 2902. Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund
(a) Establishment
(b) Use of amounts in Fund for promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and United States
Amounts in the Fund shall be used for the promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States, including—
(1) support for studies, including language studies, in institutions of higher education or scholarly research in Japan and the United States, designed to foster mutual understanding between Japan and the United States;
(2) support for major collections of Japanese books and publications in appropriate libraries located throughout the United States and similar support for collections of American books and publications in appropriate libraries located throughout Japan;
(3) support for programs in the arts in association with appropriate institutions in Japan and the United States;
(4) support for fellowships and scholarships at the graduate and faculty levels in Japan and the United States in accord with the purposes of this chapter;
(5) support for visiting professors and lecturers at colleges and universities in Japan and the United States; and
(6) support for other Japan-United States cultural and educational activities consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Use of amounts in Fund for administrative expenses of Japan-United States Friendship Commission
(d) Authorization of appropriations; source of amounts
(e) Additional authorization of appropriations; source of amounts; subsequent use of unappropriated portion of amounts authorized to be appropriated
(1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund, for fiscal year 1976, in addition to the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (d) of this section, those funds available in United States accounts in Japan and transferred by the Government of Japan to the United States pursuant to the United States request made under article V of the agreement between the United States of America and Japan regarding the settlement of Postwar Economic Assistance to Japan, signed in Tokyo, January 9, 1962, and the exchange of notes of the same date (13 U.S.T. 1957; T.I.A.S. 5154) (the G.A.R.I.O.A. Account), including interest accruing to the G.A.R.I.O.A. Account and interest and proceeds accruing to the Fund from such funds in accordance with sections 2905(4) and 2906 of this title.
(2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not include any amount required by law to be applied to United States participation in the International Ocean Exposition to be held in Okinawa, Japan.
(3) Any unappropriated portion of the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (d) of this section and paragraph (1) of this subsection for fiscal year 1976 may be appropriated in any subsequent fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 94–118, § 3, Oct. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 94–350, title IV, § 401(2), (3)(A), July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 833.)