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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2104

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

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the Department of Energy has unique

2 mathematics and science capabilities within the

3 National Laboratories;

4 (2) a need exists to increase understanding,

5 communication, and cooperation between the De6 partment of Energy and the mathematics and

7 science community;

8 (3) the mathematics and science community in9 cludes a cadre of nationally recognized outstanding

10 elementary and secondary school mathematics and

11 science teachers; and

12 (4) a pilot program has confirmed the effective13 ness of outstanding elementary and secondary school

14 mathematics and science teachers serving in profes15 sional staff capacities in the Federal Government.

16 SEC. 3. PURPOSE; DESIGNATION.

17 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to estab18 lish within the National Laboratories a national fellowship

19 program for outstanding mathematics and science teach20 ers who have made a contribution to energy conservation.

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

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

23 Albert Einstein Fellow’’.

24 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

25 As used in this Act—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘contractor’’ means a nonprofit

2 organization selected by the Secretary to administer

3 the fellowship program authorized under this Act;

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

5 National Laboratory of the Department of Energy;

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

7 to an elementary or secondary school mathematics

8 or science teacher, means such a teacher who—

9 (A) has established an effective energy

10 conservation program; and

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

12 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathe13 matics and Science Teaching;

14 (ii) has participated in the Woodrow Wil15 son Fellowship Program; or

16 (iii) has been a recipient of national or

17 State recognition comparable to the recognition

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

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

20 of Energy.

21 SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—

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

24 subparagraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to es25 tablish the Department of Energy Albert Einstein
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1 Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program within

2 the National Laboratories in order to provide 10

3 outstanding elementary or secondary school mathe4 matics or science teachers with fellowships within

5 the National Laboratories in each fiscal year in ac6 cordance with this Act.

7 (B) The Secretary may reduce the number of

8 fellowships awarded under this Act in any fiscal year

9 if the amount appropriated pursuant to the author10 ity of section 7 for such year is less than the amount

11 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to such au12 thority for such year.

13 (2) TERM OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Fellowships

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

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

16 academic year.

17 (b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—

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

19 enter into a contract with a contractor to enable

20 such contractor to administer the Department of

21 Energy Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fel22 lowship Program.

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The contractor shall pro24 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.

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