# § 4901. Fellowship program for temporary service at United States missions abroad
**(a)** **Establishment** There is hereby established a fellowship program pursuant to which the Secretary of State will provide fellowships to United States citizens while they serve, for a period of between one and two years, in positions which would otherwise be held by foreign national employees at United States diplomatic or consular missions abroad.
**(b)** **Designation of fellowships** Fellowships under this chapter shall be known as “Fascell Fellowships”.
**(c)** **Purpose of fellowships** Fellowships under this chapter shall be provided in order to allow the recipient (hereafter in this chapter referred to as a “Fellow”) to serve on a short-term basis at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad in order to obtain first hand exposure to that country, including (as appropriate) independent study in that country’s area studies or languages.
**(d)** **Individuals who may receive a fellowship** To receive a fellowship under this chapter, an individual must be a United States citizen who is an undergraduate or graduate student, a teacher, scholar, or other academic, or an other individual, who has expertise in international affairs, foreign languages, or career and professional experience or interest in international affairs, and who has a working knowledge of the principal language of the country in which he or she would serve.
**(e)** **Women and members of minority groups** In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State shall actively recruit women and members of minority groups.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–399, title X, § 1002, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 101–454, § 9(b), Oct. 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 103–199, title III, § 303, Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2323.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1993— substituted “abroad” for “in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe” in section catchline.
1990—Subsec. (a). , substituted “which would otherwise be” for “formerly” and “abroad” for “in the Soviet Union or Eastern European countries”.
Subsec. (c). , substituted “abroad” for “in the Soviet Union or an Eastern European country” and “that country’s” for “Soviet or Eastern European”.
Subsec. (d). , substituted “international affairs, foreign languages, or career and professional experience or interest in international affairs,” for “Soviet or Eastern European area studies or languages”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Short Title of 1990 Amendment
> “This section [amending this section and sections 4902 and 4904 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990’.”
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### Short Title
> “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Fascell Fellowship Act’.”
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