J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

For the purpose of selecting students, scholars, teachers, trainees, and other persons to participate in the programs authorized under section 2452(a)(1) of this title , and of supervising such programs and the programs authorized under section 2452(b)(4) and (6) of this title, there is continued the authority of the President to appoint a board of foreign scholarships which shall be known as the “J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board” (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) consisting of twelve members. In connection with appointments to such Board, due consideration shall be given to the selection of distinguished representatives of cultural, educational, student advisory, and war veterans groups, and representatives of the United States Department of Education, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, public and private nonprofit educational institutions.

( Pub. L. 87–256, § 106 , Sept. 21, 1961 , 75 Stat. 532 ; 1977 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 8(b), 9(a)(3), (6), 42 F.R. 62461, 91 Stat. 1638 , 1639; Pub. L. 96–60, title II, § 205(a) , Aug. 15, 1979 , 93 Stat. 401 ; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(b)(2) , title V, § 507, Oct. 17, 1979 , 93 Stat. 678 , 692; Pub. L. 97–241, title III, § 303(b) , Aug. 24, 1982 , 96 Stat. 291 ; Pub. L. 101–246, title II, § 204(a)(1) , Feb. 16, 1990 , 104 Stat. 49 ; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(h)(1) , June 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 275 ; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G , subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1336(2), Oct. 21, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2681–790 .)