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programs in energy, petroleum, mining, and mineral engi-
neering education and research. 
(c) All funds shall be directed only to recognized pro-
grams and shall be subject to the conditions of this title. 
(d) Research funded at recognized programs under 
this title shall include studies and research to enhance 
basic science and engineering as well as studies to provide 
proof of scientific or engineering concepts and studies to 
determine scientific or engineering feasibility. 
(e) The Secretary shall only provide funds to recog-
nized programs, which for the purposes of this title shall 
mean— 
(1) an engineering program for energy, petro-
leum, chemical, mining, or mineral engineering ac-
credited on the date of enactment; 
(2) a geological engineering or geophysical engi-
neering that is accredited on the date of enactment 
of this Act and which is focused on petroleum or 
natural gas production, the production of mineral re-
sources, and the development of permanent under-
ground workings as demonstrated by the curriculum 
and the expertise of the existing faculty; or 
(3) a program in geology or geophysics that the 
Secretary determines to be acceptable under this 
title and that have undergraduate and graduate pro-
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grams of research and education in the geology and 
geophysics of conventional or nonconventional en-
ergy, geothermal, metallic and nonmetallic deposits, 
including industrial minerals, sand and gravel depos-
its. 
(f) All recognized engineering programs must meet 
meeting the specific program criteria, established by the 
member societies of ABET, Inc. of Baltimore Maryland. 
In the absence of a nationally recognized accreditation 
program for the applied geology and geophysics programs 
the Secretary shall request the Committee created by this 
title to examine the program and the outcomes of the pro-
grams to determine if it is appropriate to provide funding 
for the program. 
(g) Each school, university, or institution receiving 
funds under this title shall maintain the program for 
which the funds are provided for 10 years after the date 
of the last receipt of such funds and take steps described 
in its application for funding to increase the number of 
undergraduate students enrolled in and completing the 
programs of study in petroleum, chemical, mining, geologi-
cal, geophysical, or mineral engineering, and geology and 
geophysics. 
(h) The Secretary shall show particular consideration 
to minority serving institutions with an established recog-
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nized program or that proposes to establish a recognized 
program, including but not limited to assigning appro-
priate employees to serve as mentors and adjunct faculty, 
transferring appropriate equipment to the programs and 
allowing faculty or students at such institutions free ac-
cess to appropriate departmental training. 
(i) Where appropriate, the Secretary may make funds 
available to consortia to conduct projects of broad applica-
tion that could not otherwise be undertaken, including na-
tional and regional projects in geology or geophysics and 
engineering as applied to petroleum, geothermal, mining, 
and mineral processing or beneficiation. Provided, that 
funds granted to any consortium shall only be given to 
a single eligible school with a recognized program which 
shall be responsible for distribution, monitoring, and re-
porting on the activities of the consortium as required by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 1104. FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS. 
(a) The Secretary shall provide funds for the purpose 
of providing merit-based scholarships for undergraduate 
education, graduate fellowships, and postdoctoral fellow-
ships at eligible schools. 
(b) In awarding the Scholarships and fellowships au-
thorized by this section the Secretary shall give a pref-
erence for veterans and service members who have received 
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or will receive either the Afghanistan Campaign Medal or 
the Iraq Campaign Medal as authorized by Public Law 
108–234, and Executive Order No. 13363. 
(c) In order to receive a scholarship or a graduate 
fellowship, an individual student must be a lawful perma-
nent resident of the United States or a United States cit-
izen and must agree in writing to complete a course of 
studies and receive a degree in petroleum, chemical, min-
ing, geological, geophysical, or mineral engineering, petro-
leum geology, geothermal geology, mining and economic 
geology, petroleum and mining geophysics, or mineral eco-
nomics in a program recognized under this title. 
(d) The regulations shall require that an individual, 
in order to retain a scholarship or graduate fellowship, 
must continue in one of the course of studies authorized 
by this section, must remain in good academic standing, 
as determined by the school, institution, or university and 
must allow for reinstatement of the scholarship or grad-
uate fellowship by the Secretary, upon the recommenda-
tion of the school or institution. Such regulations may also 
provide for recovery of funds from an individual who fails 
to complete any of the courses of study listed in subsection 
(c) of this section after notice that such completion is a 
requirement of receipt funding under this title. Students 
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may change courses of study provided they remain within 
the listing of programs in subsection (c). 
(e) An individual granted a scholarship or fellowship 
with funds provided under this title shall through their 
respective school, university, or institution, advise the Di-
rector of the office established by this title of progress to-
wards completion of the course of studies and upon the 
awarding of the degree within 30 days after the award. 
(f) To carry out this section, the schools, universities, 
and institutions that are eligible to receive funding under 
this title shall be responsible for enforcing the require-
ments of this section for scholarship or fellowship students 
and shall return to the Secretary any funds recovered from 
an individual under subsection (d). An institution seeking 
funds under this subsection shall describe, in its applica-
tion to the Secretary for funding, the number of students 
that would be awarded scholarships or fellowships if the 
application is approved, how such students would be se-
lected, and how the provisions of this section will be en-
forced. 
SEC. 1105. USE OF FUNDS BY INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) Grants for basic science and engineering studies 
and research shall not require additional participation by 
funding partners. All other grants for studies shall include 
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participation by industry and may include funding from 
other Federal agencies. 
(b) No funds made available under this section shall 
be applied to the acquisition by purchase or lease of any 
land or interests therein, or the rental, purchase, construc-
tion, preservation, or repair of any building. 
(c) Funding made available may be used with the ex-
press approval of the Secretary for proposals to maintain 
or upgrade existing laboratories and laboratory equip-
ment, but such funds shall not be used for any university 
overhead expenses. 
(d) Funding made available under this title may be 
used for maintaining and upgrading mines and oil and gas 
drilling rigs owned by an eligible program or the school 
in which the program is located that are used for under-
graduate and graduate training and worker safety train-
ing. All requests for funding such mines and oil and gas 
drilling rigs must demonstrate that they have been owned 
by the school for 5 years prior to the date of enactment. 
(e) Each school shall have an officer appointed by its 
governing authority who shall receive and account for all 
funds paid under this title and shall make an annual re-
port to the Secretary on or before the first day of Sep-
tember of each year, on work accomplished and the status 
of projects underway, together with a detailed statement 
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of the amounts received under this title during the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and of its disbursements on schedules 
prescribed by the Secretary. 
(f) The schools, universities, and institutions receiv-
ing funding under this title shall make detailed reports 
to the Center on projects completed, in progress, or 
planned with funds provided under this title. All such re-
ports shall be available to the public on not less than an 
annual basis through the Center. 
(g) All uses, products, processes, and other develop-
ments resulting from any research, demonstration, or ex-
periment funded in whole or in part under this title shall 
be made available promptly to the general public, subject 
to exception or limitation, if any, as the Secretary may 
find necessary in the interest of national security, and sub-
ject to the applicable Federal law governing patents. 
SEC. 1106. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL CENTER. 
(a) There is established in the Department of the In-
terior an office to be known as the National Science and 
Technology Education Center (hereafter in this title re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Center’’) to administer the provisions 
of this title. 
(b) The Center shall answer directly to the Secretary 
and shall be located at a site on or near the campus of 
a school, college or university with a recognized program, 
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to be determined by the Secretary after consultation with 
the Committee and the receipt of public comments. 
(c) There shall be a director of the Center who shall 
be a member of the Senior Executive Service, provided fur-
ther that the position of the director shall be a career re-
served position as defined in section 3132(a)(8) of title 
5, United States Code. 
(d) The director is authorized to appoint a deputy 
director and to employ such officers and employees as may 
be necessary to enable the Center to carry out its func-
tions. 
(e) In carrying the Center’s functions, the director 
shall provide professional and administrative staff support 
for the Committee, including recordkeeping and maintain-
ing minutes of all Committee and subcommittee meetings, 
maintaining accurate records of funds disbursed for all 
scholarship and fellowship grants, research grants, and 
grants for career technical education purposes, preparing 
any regulations required to implement this title, con-
ducting site visits at programs receiving funding under 
this title, and serving as a central repository for reports 
and clearing house for public information on research 
funded by this title. 
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(f) The director or an employee of the Center shall 
be present at each meeting of the Committee or a sub-
committee of the Committee. 
(g) As needed the director shall ascertain whether the 
requirements of this title have been met by recognized pro-
grams. 
(h) Each employee or contractor of the Center and 
each member of the Committee shall disclose to the Sec-
retary any financial interests in or financial relationships 
with schools, universities, institutions, or individuals re-
ceiving funds, scholarships, or fellowships under this title. 
(i) Any employee, contractor, or member of the Com-
mittee with a financial relationship must recuse them-
selves from any recommendation or decision regarding the 
awarding of funds, scholarships or fellowships or any re-
view, report, analysis, or investigation regarding compli-
ance with the provisions of this title by a school, univer-
sity, institution, or any individual. 
SEC. 1107. STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. 
(a) The Secretary shall appoint a Stakeholder Com-
mittee for Science and Technology Education (referred to 
in this title as the ‘‘Committee’’) which shall be composed 
of— 
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(1) the Assistant Secretary of the Interior re-
sponsible for land and minerals management; and 
(2) not more than 18 other persons who are 
knowledgeable in the fields of energy, petroleum, 
geothermal, mining and mineral resources research, 
including two university leaders from a school with 
at least one recognized program; a community or 
technical college administrator, a tribal college ad-
ministrator; a career technical education educator; 
six representatives equally distributed from the en-
ergy, mining, and aggregate industries; a working 
miner; a working oilfield worker; a representative of 
the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission; a 
representative from the Interstate Mining Compact 
Commission; a representative of the State geologists, 
and two representatives of the general public. In 
making these appointments, the Secretary shall con-
sult with interested groups. 
(b) The Chairman of the Committee may have 
present during meetings representatives of Federal agen-
cies with responsibility for energy and minerals resources 
management, energy and mineral resource investigations, 
energy and mineral commodity information, international 
trade in energy and mineral commodities, mining safety 
regulation and mine safety research, and research into the 
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development, production, and utilization of energy and 
mineral commodities. These representatives shall serve as 
technical advisors to the committee and shall have no vot-
ing responsibilities. 
(c) The Secretary shall consult with the Committee 
on policy matters relating to carrying out this title and 
carefully consider its recommendations in such matters. 
(d) Committee members, other than officers or em-
ployees of Federal, State, or local governments, shall be, 
for each day (including travel time) during which they are 
performing Committee business, paid at a rate fixed by 
the Secretary but not in excess of the daily equivalent of 
the maximum rate of pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5136 of title 5, United States 
Code, and shall be fully reimbursed for travel, subsistence, 
and related expenses. 
(e) The Assistant Secretary of the Interior respon-
sible for Land and Minerals management shall be the 
Chairman of the Committee. There shall also be a Vice 
Chairman elected by the Committee from among the mem-
bers, who shall perform such duties as are determined to 
be appropriate by the committee, except that the Chair-
man must personally preside at all meetings of the full 
Committee. The Committee may organize itself into such 
subcommittees as the Committee may deem appropriate. 
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(f) Following completion of the report required by 
section 385 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Com-
mittee shall consider the recommendations of the report 
and shall formulate and recommend a national plan for 
utilizing the fiscal resources provided under this title. The 
Committee shall submit such plan to the Secretary for ap-
proval. Upon approval, the plan shall guide the Secretary 
and the Committee in their actions under this title. 
(g) The Committee shall make recommendations to 
the Secretary regarding both the long term and short term 
viability of the faculty at schools with recognized programs 
and may recommend the awarding of graduate fellowships 
and postdoctoral fellowships to those students who declare 
their intent to seek roles as future faculty at the domestic 
recognized programs. 
SEC. 1108. CAREER TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
EDUCATION. 
(a) The Secretary shall provide grants to support sus-
taining the operation or the development of programs in 
mining engineering technology, petroleum engineering 
technology, industrial engineering technology, or indus-
trial technology that— 
(1) are focused on technology and its use in en-
ergy and mineral production and related mainte-
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nance, operational safety, or energy infrastructure 
protection and security; 
(2) prepare students for advanced or super-
visory roles in the mining industry or the petroleum 
industry; and 
(3) grant either an associate’s degree or a bac-
calaureate degree. 
(b)(1) The Secretary shall provide grants to sustain 
the operation or the development of programs, including 
joint apprenticeship programs authorized by Federal law, 
university, college or community college programs, sec-
ondary school vocational education programs, or career 
academy programs, that provide training for individuals 
seeking to enter the geothermal, petroleum, mining, or 
mineral mining industries. 
(2) The Secretary shall give particular consideration 
to supporting programs that provide training for a pro-
gressive career path in the industries listed in subsection 
(b). 
(3) The Secretary, after consultation with the Com-
mittee, may offer support to programs that grant degrees 
or certificates in programs that provide training in dis-
ciplines that provide essential support for the industries 
listed in subsection (b), including those listed in subsection 
(c) of this section even if those programs are not purposely 
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designed to provide personnel for the industries listed in 
subsection (b) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary shall provide grants to support the 
operation or the development of programs of program of 
career technical education at a secondary school, offered 
cooperatively with a community college in one of the indus-
trial sectors of— 
(1) agriculture, forestry, or fisheries; 
(2) utilities, particularly power transmission 
and pipeline construction and operations; 
(3) maintenance and maintenance logistics; 
(4) construction; 
(5) manufacturing; or 
(6) transportation and warehousing. 
(d) Schools or institutions receiving funds under this 
section must show evidence of an institutional commit-
ment for the purposes of career technical education and 
provide evidence that the school or institution has received 
or will receive industry cooperation in the form of equip-
ment, employee time, or donations of funds to support the 
activities that are within the scope of this section. 
(e) Schools seeking funds to support the operation 
of a program may initially only use those funds for en-
hancing the instructional skills of teachers through addi-
tional training and resources as will permit such teachers 
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to enhance their skills. After the teachers have achieved 
enhanced skills and meets an appropriate standard as 
agreed to by local authorities in consultation with the Sec-
retary the funds be used to purchase classroom and lab-
oratory equipment. 
(f) Schools seeking funds to support the development 
of a new program shall use the funds to support the pur-
chase of classroom and laboratory equipment and to sup-
plement teacher salaries to encourage the hiring of highly 
qualified teachers. 
(g) Schools or institutions receiving funds under this 
section must agree to maintain the programs for which 
the funding is sought for a period of 10 years beginning 
on the date the school or institution receives such funds, 
unless the Secretary finds that a shorter period of time 
is appropriate for the local labor market or is required 
by State authorities. 
(h) Schools or institutions receiving funds under this 
section may combine these funds with State funds, and 
other Federal funds where allowed by law, to carry out 
programs described in this section, however the use of the 
funds received under this section must be reported to the 
Secretary not less than annually. 
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(i) The Secretary shall seek the advice of the Com-
mittee in determining the criteria used to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 1109. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOL-
ARSHIPS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
authorize scholarships funded by the Department of En-
ergy for undergraduate education in nuclear science and 
nuclear engineering. 
(b) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall award not less than 65 grants per year to eligi-
ble undergraduate institutions to support scholar-
ships for students majoring in nuclear science or nu-
clear engineering. 
(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible undergraduate 
institution that desires to receive a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Secretary of Energy an 
application at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
(3) DURATION AND AMOUNT.—A grant under 
this section shall be 4 years in duration. An eligible 
undergraduate institution that receives a grant 
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under this section shall receive $100,000 for each 
year of the grant period. 
(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible undergraduate 
institution that receives a grant under this section 
shall use the grant funds for the awarding of schol-
arships in nuclear science or nuclear engineering. 
SEC. 1110. NUCLEAR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Labor, shall provide to Congress rec-
ommendations for developing a robust nuclear workforce 
within the United States. 
SEC. 1111. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title 5 percent of all funds available within the Amer-
ican Energy Trust Fund for each of fiscal years 2009 
through 2019 and all funds that are authorized shall re-
main available until expended. 
TITLE XII—TAPPING AMERICA’S 
INGENUITY AND CREATIVITY 
SEC. 1201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADMINISTERING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘ad-
ministering entity’’ means the entity with which the 
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Secretary enters into an agreement under section 
1204(c). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 1202. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to provide incen-
tives to encourage the development and implementation of 
innovative energy technologies and new energy sources 
that will reduce our reliance on foreign energy. 
SEC. 1203. PRIZE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program to competitively award cash prizes in conformity 
with this title to advance the research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application of innovative en-
ergy technologies and new energy sources. 
(b) ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION OF COMPETI-
TORS.— 
(1) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary shall widely 
advertise prize competitions to encourage broad par-
ticipation in the program carried out under sub-
section (a), including individuals, universities, com-
munities, and large and small businesses. 
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(2) ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH FEDERAL REG-
ISTER NOTICE.—The Secretary shall announce each 
prize competition by publishing a notice in the Fed-
eral Register. This notice shall include essential ele-
ments of the competition such as the subject of the 
competition, the duration of the competition, the eli-
gibility requirements for participation in the com-
petition, the process for participants to register for 
the competition, the amount of the prize, and the 
criteria for awarding the prize. 
(c) ADMINISTERING THE COMPETITION.—The Sec-
retary may enter into an agreement with a private, non-
profit entity to administer the prize competitions, subject 
to the provisions of this title. The administering entity 
shall perform the following functions: 
(1) Advertise the competition and its results. 
(2) Raise funds from private entities and indi-
viduals to pay for administrative costs and cash 
prizes. 
(3) Develop, in consultation with and subject to 
the final approval of the Secretary, criteria to select 
winners based upon the goal of safely and ade-
quately storing nuclear used fuel. 
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(4) Determine, in consultation with and subject 
to the final approval of the Secretary, the appro-
priate amount of the awards. 
(5) Protect against the administering entity’s 
unauthorized use or disclosure of a registered par-
ticipant’s intellectual property, trade secrets, and 
confidential business information. Any information 
properly identified as trade secrets or confidential 
business information that is submitted by a partici-
pant as part of a competitive program under this 
title may be withheld from public disclosure. 
(6) Develop and promulgate sufficient rules to 
define the parameters of designing and proposing in-
novative energy technologies and new energy sources 
with input from industry, citizens, and corporations 
familiar with such activities. 
(d) FUNDING SOURCES.—Prizes under this title may 
consist of Federal appropriated funds, funds provided by 
the administering entity, or funds raised through grants 
or donations. The Secretary may accept funds from other 
Federal agencies for such cash prizes and, notwith-
standing section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
may use such funds for the cash prize program. Other 
than publication of the names of prize sponsors, the Sec-
retary may not give any special consideration to any pri-
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vate sector entity or individual in return for a donation 
to the Secretary or administering entity. 
(e) ANNOUNCEMENT
OF PRIZES.—The Secretary 
may not publish a notice required by subsection (b)(2) 
until all the funds needed to pay out the announced 
amount of the prize have been appropriated to the Depart-
ment or the Department has received from the admin-
istering entity a written commitment to provide all nec-
essary funds. 
SEC. 1204. ELIGIBILITY. 
To be eligible to win a prize under this title, an indi-
vidual or entity— 
(1) shall notify the administering entity of in-
tent to submit ideas and intent to collect the prize 
upon selection; 
(2) shall comply with all the requirements stat-
ed in the Federal Register notice required under sec-
tion 1203(b)(2); 
(3) in the case of a private entity, shall be in-
corporated in and maintain a primary place of busi-
ness in the United States, and in the case of an in-
dividual, whether participating singly or in a group, 
shall be a citizen of the United States; 
(4) shall not be a Federal entity, a Federal em-
ployee acting within the scope of his or her employ-
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(i) the projected life, in years, of the 
eligible project to be carried out using 
funds from the loan, as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
(ii) 25 years; 
(C) may be subject to a deferral in repay-
ment for not more than 5 years after the date 
on which the eligible project carried out using 
funds from the loan first begins operations, as 
determined by the Secretary; and 
(D) shall be made by the Federal Financ-
ing Bank. 
(e) FEES.—The cost of administering a loan made 
under this section shall not exceed $100,000. 
(f) SET ASIDE FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF COVERED FIRM.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered firm’’ means a firm 
that— 
(A) employs fewer than 500 individuals; 
and 
(B) manufactures automobiles or compo-
nents of automobiles. 
(2) SET ASIDE.—Of the amount of funds used 
to provide awards for each fiscal year under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall use not less than 10 
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erowe on PRODPC61 with BILLS