106 STAT. 726 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 "(5) the development and publication of specialized materials for use in foreign language, area studies, and other international fields, or for training foreign language, area, and other international specialists; and "(6) the application of performance tests and standards across all areas of foreign language instruction and classroom use. "(b) ANNUAL REPORT. — The Secretary shall prepare, publish, and announce an annual report listing the books and research materials produced with assistance under this section. 20 USC 1125a. "SEC. 607. PERIODICALS AND OTHER RESEARCH MATERIALS PUB- LISHED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. "(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- TIONS. — "(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. —From the amount appropriated under paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized to award grants to institutions of higher education, public or nonprofit private library institutions, or consortia of such institutions for the acquisition of, and provision of access to, periodicals and other research materials published outside the United States. "(2) AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS. — In addition to the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 610A, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this section. "(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— Grants under this section shall be used for the following purposes: "(1) To acquire periodicgds and other research materials pubhshed outside the United States which are not commonly held by American academic libraries and which are of scholarly or research importance. "(2) To maintain in machine-readable form current bibhographic information on periodicgils and other research materials thus acquired, and to enter such information into one or more of the widely available bibliographic data bases. "(3) To preserve such periodicals and other research materials. "(4) To make such periodicals and other research materials widely available to researchers and scholsirs. "(c) APPLICATION AND PREFERENCE.— "(1) APPLICATION. — Each institution or consortium desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(2) PREFERENCE. — The Secretary shall give preference to grant applications according to the following criteria: "(A) The total number of library research materials in an institution's or consortium's collection. "(B) The comprehensiveness, both current and retrospective, of the institution's or consortium's collection of periodicals and other research materials published outside the United States. "(C) Public accessibility to the institution's or consortium's collection of periodicals and other research materials published outside the United States.
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