---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8212"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8212"
heading: "Democracy Fellowship Program"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8212"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Advancing Democratic Values"
  - "Subchapter I — Activities to Enhance the Promotion of Democracy"
---

# §8212. Democracy Fellowship Program

- (a) **Requirement for Program—** The [Secretary](/usc/22/8203.md?p=7) shall establish a Democracy Fellowship [Program](/usc/22/3383.md?p=6) to enable officers of the [Department](/usc/22/8203.md?p=5) to gain an additional perspective on democracy promotion in [foreign countries](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) by working on democracy issues in appropriate congressional [offices](/usc/22/2214a.md?p=9) or congressional committees with oversight over the subject matter of this chapter, including the Committee on [Foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on [Foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and international or nongovernmental organizations involved in democracy promotion.
- (b) **Selection and placement—** The [Assistant Secretary](/usc/22/8203.md?p=3) shall play a central role in the selection of Democracy Fellows and facilitate their placement in appropriate congressional [offices](/usc/22/2214a.md?p=9), congressional committees, [international organizations](/usc/22/4316.md?p=e-2), and nongovernmental organizations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2112, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 531.)