A prior section 1121, Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 601, as added Pub. L. 96–374, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1464; amended Pub. L. 99–498, title VI, § 601, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1514; Pub. L. 102–325, title VI, § 601, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 720, set out findings of Congress and purpose of this part, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–244.

Another prior section 1121, Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 601, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1261; Pub. L. 89–752, § 3(b), Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1241; Pub. L. 90–575, title II, §§ 241, 242(a), Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1041; Pub. L. 92–318, title I, § 151(a), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 288; Pub. L. 94–482, title I, § 156, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2155; Pub. L. 96–49, § 7, Aug. 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 353, set out the Congressional statement of purpose and the authorization of appropriations for the program of equipment grants to institutions of higher education, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

2008—Pub. L. 110–315, § 601(1), substituted “; purposes; consultation; survey” for “and purposes” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 110–315, § 601(2), struck out “post-Cold War” after “Dramatic”.

Subsec. (b)(1)(D). Pub. L. 110–315, § 601(3), inserted “, including through linkages with overseas institutions” before semicolon.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 110–315, § 601(4), added subsecs. (c) and (d).

Part effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.

Pub. L. 99–498, title XIII, § 1302, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1580, as amended by Pub. L. 100–50, § 23(2), June 3, 1987, 101 Stat. 362, required Secretary of Education, in consultation with Director of United States Information Agency, Director of the Agency for International Development, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense, to conduct a study on establishment of a National Endowment for International Studies, such study to develop a program, a funding plan, and priorities for such an Endowment, with the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress, not later than one year after Oct. 17, 1986, a report on the study, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Secretary deemed appropriate, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–332, § 6(a), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3127.