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(A) Three fellowships in the Department of
Energy.
(B) Two fellowships in the Senate.
(C) Two fellowships in the House of Rep-
resentatives.
(D) One fellowship in each of the following
entities:
(i) The Department of Education.
(ii) The National Institutes of Health.
(iii) The National Science Foundation.
(iv) The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
(v) The Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy.
(3) T ERMS OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Each fellowship
awarded under this title shall be awarded for a period
of ten months that, to the extent practicable, coincides
with the academic year.
(4) E LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a fellowship
under this title, an elementary or secondary school
mathematics or science teacher must demonstrate—
(A) that such teacher would bring unique
and valuable contributions to the Program;
(B) that such teacher is recognized for excel-
lence in mathematics or science education; and
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(C)(i) a sabbatical leave from teaching will
be granted in order to participate in the Pro-
gram; or
(ii) the teacher will return to a teaching po-
sition comparable to the position held prior to
participating in the Program.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall—
(1) provide for the development and administra-
tion of an application and selection process for fellow-
ships under the Program, including a process whereby
final selections of fellowship recipients are made in
accordance with subsection (c);
(2) provide for the publication of information on
the Program in appropriate professional publications,
including an invitation for applications from teachers
listed in the directories of national and State recogni-
tion programs;
(3) select from the pool of applicants 12 elemen-
tary and secondary school mathematics teachers and
12 elementary and secondary school science teachers;
(4) develop a program of orientation for fellow-
ship recipients under this title; and
(5) not later than August 31 of each year in
which fellowships are awarded, prepare and submit
an annual report and evaluation of the Program to
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the appropriate Committees of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
(c) SELECTION.—
(1) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall arrange
for the 24 semifinalists to travel to Washington, D.C.,
to participate in interviews in accordance with the
selection process described in paragraph (2).
(2) F INAL SELECTION.—(A) Not later than May
1 of each year preceding each year in which fellow-
ships are to be awarded, the Secretary shall select and
announce the names of the fellowship recipients.
(B) The Secretary shall provide for the develop-
ment and administration of a process to select fellow-
ship recipients from the pool of semifinalists as fol-
lows:
(i) The Secretary shall select three fellow-
ship recipients who shall be assigned to the De-
partment of Energy.
(ii) The Majority Leader of the Senate and
the Minority Leader of the Senate, or their des-
ignees, shall each select a fellowship recipient
who shall be assigned to the Senate.
(iii) The Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, or their designees, shall each se-
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lect a fellowship recipient who shall be assigned
to the House of Representatives.
(iv) Each of the following individuals, or
their designees, shall select one fellowship recipi-
ent who shall be assigned within the department,
office, agency, or institute such individual ad-
ministers:
(I) The Secretary of Education.
(II) The Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health.
(III) The Director of the National
Science Foundation.
(IV) The Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(V) The Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy.
SEC. 706. FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.
(a) F ELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT COMPENSATION.—Each
recipient of a fellowship under this title shall be paid dur-
ing the fellowship period at a rate of pay that shall not
exceed the minimum annual rate payable for a position
under GS–13 of the General Schedule.
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The Secretary
shall seek to ensure that no local educational agency penal-
izes a teacher who elects to participate in the Program.
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SEC. 707. WASTE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION RESEARCH
CONSORTIUM (WERC).
The Secretary is authorized to establish a partnership
of Department of Energy laboratories, academic institu-
tions, and private sector industries to conduct environ-
mentally related education programs, including programs
involving environmentally conscious manufacturing and
waste management activities that have undergraduate and
graduate educational training as a component.
SEC. 708. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) I N GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Program $700,000 for fiscal year 1995, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1996 through 2001.
(b) WERC PROGRAM.— There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for the WERC program under section 707 such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996
through 2001.
TITLE VIII—1994 INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Equity in Educational
Land-Grant Status Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 802. DEFINITION.
As used in this title, the term ‘‘1994 Institutions’’
means any one of the following colleges:
(1) Bay Mills Community College.
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(2) Blackfeet Community College.
(3) Cheyenne River Community College.
(4) D–Q University.
(5) Dullknife Memorial College.
(6) Fond Du Lac Community College.
(7) Fort Belknap Community College.
(8) Fort Berthold Community College.
(9) Fort Peck Community College.
(10) LacCourte Orielles Ojibwa Community Col-
lege.
(11) Little Big Horn Community College.
(12) Little Hoop Community College.
(13) Nebraska Indian Community College.
(14) Northwest Indian College.
(15) Oglala Lakota College.
(16) Salish Kootenai College.
(17) Sinte Gleska University.
(18) Sisseton Wahpeton Community College.
(19) Standing Rock College.
(20) Stonechild Community College.
(21) Turtle Mountain Community College.
(22) Navajo Community College.
(23) United Tribes Technical College.
(24) Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute.