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H.R. 5517

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Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act
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Passed
Latest Action · December 7, 2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
December 19, 2019
Sponsor
Rep. John LewisD
Cosponsors (30)
30D 0R
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Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act This bill establishes (1) a professional exchange program between the United States and India with a focus on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi, (2) a development training initiative based on principles of nonviolence, and (3) a foundation to address development priorities in India. Specifically, the bill establishes a professional exchange program comprised of both an annual educational forum for scholars from the United States and India, as well as an undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate student exchange for students in the United States and India. The bill also establishes a professional development training initiative on conflict resolution tools based on the principles of nonviolence. Further, the bill establishes the United States-India Gandhi-King Development Foundation to identify development priorities in India (e.g., pollution and climate change, education, and tuberculosis) and administer competitively awarded grants to nongovernmental entities to address those priorities.

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