Calendar No. 591

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2104

[Report No. 103–350]

A BILL

To establish within the National Laboratories

of the Department of Energy a national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.

AUGUST 19 (legislative day, AUGUST 18), 1994

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 591

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2104

[Report No. 103–350]

To establish within the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy

a national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 11 (legislative day, MAY 2), 1994

Mr. HATFIELD (for himself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. COCHRAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

AUGUST 19 (legislative day, AUGUST 18), 1994

Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To establish within the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy a national Albert Einstein Distinguished

Educator Fellowship Program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Albert Einstein Distin5 guished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds that—

3 (1) the Department of Energy has unique

4 mathematics and science capabilities within the

5 National Laboratories;

6 (2) a need exists to increase understanding,

7 communication, and cooperation between the De8 partment of Energy and the mathematics and

9 science community;

10 (3) the mathematics and science community in11 cludes a cadre of nationally recognized outstanding

12 elementary and secondary school mathematics and

13 science teachers; and

14 (4) a pilot program has confirmed the effective15 ness of outstanding elementary and secondary school

16 mathematics and science teachers serving in profes17 sional staff capacities in the Federal Government.

18 SEC. 3. PURPOSE; DESIGNATION.

19 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to estab20 lish within the National Laboratories a national fellowship

21 program for outstanding mathematics and science teach22 ers who have made a contribution to energy conservation.

23 (b) DESIGNATION.—A recipient of a fellowship under

24 this Act shall be known as a ‘‘Department of Energy

25 Albert Einstein Fellow’’.
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1 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

2 As used in this Act—

3 (1) the term ‘‘contractor’’ means a nonprofit

4 organization selected by the Secretary to administer

5 the fellowship program authorized under this Act;

6 (2) the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ means a

7 National Laboratory of the Department of Energy;

8 (3) the term ‘‘outstanding’’, used with respect

9 to an elementary or secondary school mathematics

10 or science teacher, means such a teacher who—

11 (A) has established an effective energy

12 conservation program; and

13 (B)(i) is a State or national winner of the

14 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathe15 matics and Science Teaching;

16 (ii) has participated in the Woodrow Wil17 son Fellowship Program; or

18 (iii) has been a recipient of national or

19 State recognition comparable to the recognition

20 described in clause (i) or (ii); and

21 (4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

22 of Energy.

23 SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Except as provided in

26 subparagraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to es-
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1 tablish the Department of Energy Albert Einstein

2 Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program within

3 the National Laboratories in order to provide 10

4 outstanding elementary or secondary school mathe5 matics or science teachers with fellowships within

6 the National Laboratories in each fiscal year in ac7 cordance with this Act.

8 (B) The Secretary may reduce the number of

9 fellowships awarded under this Act in any fiscal year

10 if the amount appropriated pursuant to the author11 ity of section 7 for such year is less than the amount

12 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to such au13 thority for such year.

14 (2) TERM OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Fellowships

15 under this Act shall be awarded for a period of 10

16 months that, to the extent possible, coincide with the

17 academic year.

18 (b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—

19 (1) CONTRACT.—The Secretary is authorized to

20 enter into a contract with a contractor to enable

21 such contractor to administer the Department of

22 Energy Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fel23 lowship Program.

24 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The contractor shall pro25 vide for—
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1 (A) development and administration of an

2 application process for the awarding of fellow3 ships under this Act;

4 (B) publication of information regarding

5 the fellowship program in appropriate profes6 sional publications and inviting applications

7 from teachers listed in the directories of the

8 Presidential Awardees, the Woodrow Wilson

9 Fellows, and other national and State recogni10 tion programs;

11 (C) development and administration of an

12 initial screening process of applicants for the

13 Department of Energy Albert Einstein Fellow14 ship Program to narrow the pool of such appli15 cants to 10 outstanding elementary and second16 ary school mathematics teachers and 10 out17 standing elementary and secondary school

18 science teachers;

19 (D) development of the process whereby

20 final selections of fellowship recipients are made

21 in accordance with subsection (d)(2);

22 (E) development of a program of orienta23 tion for fellowship recipients under this Act;
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1 (F) establishment and administration of a

2 reporting and evaluation program for each year

3 fellowships are awarded under this Act; and

4 (G) submission of an annual report and

5 evaluation of the fellowship program assisted

6 under this Act to the Secretary on August 31,

7 1995, and each year thereafter.

8 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The contractor shall only

10 use funds under this Act to provide for fellowship re11 cipient salaries, Federal insurance contributions

12 under chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of

13 1986 with respect to such salaries, administrative

14 expenses (including information dissemination, direct

15 mailing, advertising, direct staff costs for coordina16 tion and accounting services), expenses of conduct17 ing an orientation program, relocation expenses, and

18 the expenses of conducting the final selection inter19 views described in subsection (d)(1).

20 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—The contractor may seek

21 funding from non-Federal sources to establish an ac22 count from which fellowship recipients may be reim23 bursed for travel, professional meetings, and other

24 appropriate expenses.

25 (d) SELECTION.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The contractor shall invite

2 the 20 semifinalists to Washington, D.C., to partici3 pate in interviews after the initial screening process

4 described in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(2)

5 is completed.

6 (2) FINAL SELECTION.—The contractor shall

7 provide for developing and conducting a process

8 whereby final selections of fellowship recipients

9 under this Act are made by the Secretary or the

10 Secretary’s designee.

11 (e) FINAL PLACEMENT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each individual selected to

13 receive a fellowship pursuant to subsection (d) shall

14 interview in various National Laboratories.

15 (2) DATE.—The final placement described in

16 paragraph (1) shall take place on or before the first

17 day of the fellowship period.

18 SEC. 6. FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.

19 Each recipient of a fellowship under this Act shall

20 be paid during the fellowship period at a rate of pay that

21 shall not exceed the minimum annual rate payable for a

22 position under GS–13 of the General Schedule.

23 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 There are authorized to be appropriated $550,000 for

25 fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for
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1 each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2001, to carry out

2 this Act.

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Albert Einstein Distin5 guished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) the Department of Energy has unique and

9 extensive mathematics and science capabilities that

10 contribute to mathematics and science education pro11 grams throughout the Nation;

12 (2) a need exists to increase understanding, com13 munication, and cooperation between the Congress,

14 the Department of Energy, other Federal agencies,

15 and the mathematics and science education commu16 nity;

17 (3) elementary and secondary school mathe18 matics and science teachers can provide practical in19 sight to the Legislative and Executive branches in es20 tablishing and operating education programs; and

21 (4) a pilot program that placed elementary and

22 secondary school mathematics and science teachers in

23 professional staff positions in the Senate and the

24 House of Representatives has proven successful and

25 demonstrated the value of expanding the program.
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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSE; DESIGNATION.

2 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to establish

3 within the Department of Energy a national fellowship pro4 gram for elementary and secondary school mathematics and

5 science teachers.

6 (b) DESIGNATION.—A recipient of a fellowship under

7 this Act shall be known as an ‘‘Albert Einstein Fellow’’.

8 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

9 As used in this Act—

10 (1) the term ‘‘elementary school’’ has the mean11 ing provided by section 1471(8) of the Elementary

12 and Secondary Education Act of 1965;

13 (2) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the

14 meaning provided by section 1471(12) of the Elemen15 tary and Secondary Education of 1965;

16 (3) the term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the meaning

17 provided in section 1471(21) of the Elementary and

18 Secondary Education Act of 1965; and

19 (4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

20 Energy.

21 SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

22 (a) GENERAL.—(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary

23 shall establish the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator

24 Fellowship Program (hereafter known as the Program) to

25 provide 12 elementary or secondary school mathematics or
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1 science teachers with fellowships in each fiscal year in ac2 cordance with this Act.

3 (2) ORDER OF PRIORITY.—The Secretary may reduce

4 the number of fellowships awarded under this Act for any

5 fiscal year in which the amount appropriated for the Pro6 gram is insufficient to support 12 fellowships. If the number

7 of fellowships awarded under this Act is reduced for any

8 fiscal year, then the Secretary shall award fellowships based

9 on the following order of priority:

10 (A) Three fellowships in the Department of En11 ergy.

12 (B) Two fellowships in the Senate.

13 (C) Two fellowships in the House of Representa14 tives.

15 (D) One fellowship in each of the following:

16 (i) The Department of Education.

17 (ii) The National Institutes of Health.

18 (iii) The National Science Foundation.

19 (iv) The National Aeronautics and Space

20 Administration.

21 (v) The Office of Science and Technology

22 Policy.

23 (3) TERMS OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Each fellowship

24 awarded under this Act shall be awarded for a period of
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1 ten months that, to the extent possible, coincides with the

2 academic year.

3 (4) QUALIFICATION OF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.—

4 The Secretary shall award a fellowship only to an elemen5 tary or secondary school mathematics or science teacher who

6 would bring unique and valuable contributions to the Pro7 gram and who is recognized for excellence in mathematics

8 or science education. Each teacher must demonstrate either

9 that a sabbatical leave from teaching will be granted in

10 order to participate in the Program or that the teacher will

11 return to a teaching position comparable to the position

12 held prior to participating in the Program.

13 (b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.—The

14 Secretary shall—

15 (1) provide for the development and administra16 tion of an application and selection process for fellow17 ships under the Program including a process whereby

18 final selections of fellowship recipients are made in

19 accordance with subsection (c);

20 (2) provide for the publication of information on

21 the Program in appropriate professional publications

22 including an invitation for applications from teachers

23 listed in the directories of national and State recogni24 tion programs;
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1 (3) select from the pool of applicants 12 elemen2 tary and secondary school mathematics teachers and

3 12 elementary and secondary school science teachers;

4 (4) develop a program of orientation for fellow5 ship recipients under this Act; and

6 (5) provide an annual report and evaluation of

7 the Program to be submitted to the appropriate Com8 mittees of the Senate and the House of Representa9 tives by August 31 of each year in which fellowships

10 are awarded.

11 (c) SELECTION.—

12 (1) GENERAL.—The Secretary shall arrange for

13 the 24 semifinalists to travel to Washington, District

14 of Columbia, to participate in interviews in accord15 ance with the selection process described in section

16 5(c)(2) of this section.

17 (2) FINAL SELECTION.—(A) The final selection

18 of fellowship recipients shall be made and announced

19 prior to May 1 preceding each fellowship term.

20 (B) The Secretary shall provide for the develop21 ment and administration of a process whereby the se22 lection of fellowship recipients from the pool of

23 semifinalists are made in the following manner:
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1 (i) The Secretary shall select three fellow2 ship recipients who shall be assigned to the De3 partment of Energy.

4 (ii) The Majority Leader of the Senate and

5 the Minority Leader of the Senate, or their des6 ignees, shall each select a fellowship recipient

7 who shall be assigned to the Senate.

8 (iii) The Speaker of the House of Represent9 atives and the Minority Leader of the House of

10 Representatives, or their designees, shall each se11 lect a fellowship recipient who shall be assigned

12 to the House of Representatives.

13 (iv) The Secretary of Education; the Direc14 tor of the National Institutes of Health; the Di15 rector of the National Science Foundation; the

16 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

17 Space Administration; and the Director of the

18 Office of Science and Technology Policy; or their

19 designees, shall each select one fellowship recipi20 ent who shall be assigned within the department,

21 office, agency or institute that such individual

22 administers.

23 SEC. 6. FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.

24 (a) FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT COMPENSATION.—Each

25 recipient of a fellowship under this Act shall be paid during
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1 the fellowship period at a rate of pay that shall not exceed

2 the minimum annual rate payable for a position under

3 GS–13 of the General Schedule.

4 (b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The Secretary

5 shall seek to ensure that no local educational agency penal6 izes a teacher who elects to participate in the Program.

7 SEC. 7. WASTE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION RESEARCH CON8 SORTIUM (WERC).

9 The Secretary is authorized to establish a partnership

10 of Department of Energy laboratories, academic institu11 tions and private sector industries to conduct environ12 mentally related education programs, including those in13 volving environmentally conscious manufacturing and

14 waste management activities, that have undergraduate and

15 graduate educational training as a component.

16 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 There are authorized to be appropriated for the Pro18 gram $700,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

19 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2001.

20 There are authorized to be appropriated for the WERC pro21 gram such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal

22 years 1996 through 2001.