PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 723 new programs or curricula in area studies, foreign languages, and other international fields. "(2) FEDERAL SHARE AND USE OF FUNDS.— Grants made under this section may be used to pay not more than 50 percent of the cost of projects and activities which are an integral part of such a program, such as— "(A) planning for the development and expansion of undergraduate programs in international studies; "(B) teaching, research, curriculum development, and other related activities; "(C) training of faculty members in foreign countries; "(D) expansion of foreign language courses; "(E) programs under which foreign teachers and scholars may visit institutions as visiting faculty; "(F) international education programs designed to develop or enhance linkages between two- and four-year institutions of higher education, or baccalaureate and postbaccalaureate programs or institutions; "(G) the development of an international dimension in preservice and inservice teacher training; "(H) the development of undergraduate study abroad programs in locations abroad in which such study opportunities are not otherwise available or which serve students for whom such opportunities are not otherwise available and which provide courses that are closely related to oncampus foreign language and international studies curricula; and "(I) the integration of new study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students into curricula of specific degree programs. "(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— The non-Federal share of the cost of the programs assisted under this subsection may be provided either in cash or in kind. Such assistance may be composed of institutional and noninstitutional funds, including State and private contributions. "(4) PRIORITY.— In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications from institutions of higher education or combinations of such institutions that require entering students to have successfully completed at least 2 years of secondary school foreign language instruction or that require each graduating student to earn 2 years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language (or have demonstrated equivalent competence in the foreign language) or, in the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer 2 years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language. "(b) GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN PROGRAMS OF DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND FOR- EIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, combinations of such institutions, or partnerships between nonprofit educational organizations and institutions of higher education to enable such institutions of higher education, combinations of such institutions or partnerships to— "(A) strengthen programs of demonstrated excellence in area studies, foreign languages, and other international
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