Minority National Security Scholarship Act of 2002

H.R. 4868, the Minority National Security Scholarship Act of 2002, proposed the creation of a federal program to increase minority representation in international relations and national security careers. The bill would have provided scholarships for minority undergraduates to study abroad in "critical" countries, fellowships for graduate students in international fields, and grants to help colleges improve their foreign language and area studies programs. In exchange for this financial support, graduate students and long-term scholarship recipients would be required to work for the federal government or in the field of education for a specific period of time.