(a) Authority The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, public or nonprofit private libraries, or consortia of such institutions or libraries, to develop innovative techniques or programs using new electronic technologies to collect, organize, preserve, and widely disseminate information on world regions and countries other than the United States that address our Nation's teaching and research needs in international education and foreign languages. (b) Authorized activities Grants under this section may be used - (1) to facilitate access to or preserve foreign information resources in print or electronic forms; (2) to develop new means of immediate, full-text document delivery for information and scholarship from abroad; (3) to develop new means of shared electronic access to international data; (4) to support collaborative projects of indexing, cataloging, and other means of bibliographic access for scholars to important research materials published or distributed outside the United States; (5) to develop methods for the wide dissemination of resources written in non-Roman language alphabets; (6) to assist teachers of less commonly taught languages in acquiring, via electronic and other means, materials suitable for classroom use; and (7) to promote collaborative technology based projects in foreign languages, area studies, and international studies among grant recipients under this subchapter. (c) 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. (d) Match required The Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a program supported by a grant under this section shall not be more than 66 2/3 percent.

The non-Federal share of such cost may be provided either in-kind or in cash, and may include contributions from private sector corporations or foundations.