petroleum geology, geothermal geology, mineral explo-
ration geology, economic geology, industrial minerals 
geology, mining geology, petroleum geophysics, min-
ing geophysics, geological engineering, or geophysical 
engineering that has a demonstrated history of 
achievement; 
‘‘(2) evidence of institutional commitment for the 
purposes of this Act that includes a significant oppor-
tunity for participation by undergraduate students in 
research; 
‘‘(3) evidence that such school, university, or in-
stitution has or can obtain significant industrial co-
operation in activities within the scope of this Act; 
‘‘(4) agreement by the school, university, or in-
stitution to maintain the programs for which the 
funding is sought for the 10-year period beginning on 
the date the school, university, or institution first re-
ceives such funds; and 
‘‘(5) requiring that such funding shall be for the 
purposes set forth in subsections (c) through (h) of 
section 3 and subject to the conditions set forth in sec-
tion 3(h). 
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‘‘SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall utilize 19 percent of the an-
nual outlay of funds under this Act for the purpose of pro-
viding merit-based scholarships for undergraduate edu-
cation, graduate fellowships, and postdoctoral fellowships. 
‘‘(b) 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 citizen 
and must agree in writing to complete a course of studies 
and receive a degree in petroleum, mining, or mineral engi-
neering, petroleum geology, geothermal geology, mining and 
economic geology, petroleum and mining geophysics, or 
mineral economics. 
‘‘(c) The regulations required by section 9 shall require 
that an individual, in order to retain a scholarship or grad-
uate fellowship, must continue in one of the course of studies 
listed in subsection (b) of this section, must remain in good 
academic standing, as determined by the school, institution, 
or university and must allow for reinstatement of the schol-
arship or graduate fellowship by the Secretary, upon the 
recommendation of the school or institution. Such regula-
tions may also provide for recovery of funds from an indi-
vidual who fails to complete any of the courses of study 
listed in subsection (b) of this section after notice that such 
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completion is a requirement of receipt funding under this 
Act. 
‘‘SEC. 8. FUNDING CRITERIA FOR INSTITUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) Each application for funds under this Act shall 
state, among other things, the nature of the project to be 
undertaken; the period during which it will be pursued; the 
qualifications of the personnel who will direct and conduct 
it; the estimated costs; the importance of the project to the 
Nation, region, or States concerned; its relation to other 
known research projects theretofore pursued or being pur-
sued; the extent to which the proposed project will maximize 
the opportunity for the training of undergraduate petro-
leum, mining, and mineral engineers; geologists and geo-
physicists; and the extent of participation by nongovern-
mental sources in the project. 
‘‘(b) No funds shall be made available under this Act 
except for a project approved by the Secretary. All funds 
shall be made available upon the basis of merit of the 
project, the need for the knowledge that it is expected to 
produce when completed, and the opportunity it provides 
for the undergraduate training of individuals as petroleum, 
mining, and mineral engineers, geologists, and geo-
physicists. 
‘‘(c) Funds available under this Act shall be paid at 
such times and in such amounts during each fiscal year 
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as determined by the Secretary, and upon vouchers ap-
proved by the Secretary. Each school, university, or institu-
tion that receives funds under this Act shall— 
‘‘(1) establish its plan to provide for the training 
of individuals as petroleum, mining, and mineral en-
gineers, geologists, and geophysicists under a cur-
riculum appropriate to the field of mineral resources 
and mineral engineering and related fields; 
‘‘(2) establish policies and procedures that assure 
that Federal funds made available under this Act for 
any fiscal year will supplement and, to the extent 
practicable, increase the level of funds that would, in 
the absence of such Federal funds, be made available 
for purposes of this Act, and in no case supplant such 
funds; and 
‘‘(3) have an officer appointed by its governing 
authority who shall receive and account for all funds 
paid under this Act and shall make an annual report 
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 of the amounts received under this Act dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year, and of its disbursements 
on schedules prescribed by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(d) If any of the funds received by the authorized re-
ceiving officer of a program under this Act are found by 
the Secretary to have been improperly diminished, lost, or 
misapplied, such funds shall be recovered by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) Schools, universities, and institutions receiving 
funds under this Act are authorized and encouraged to plan 
and conduct programs under this Act in cooperation with 
each other and with such other agencies, business enterprises 
and individuals. 
‘‘SEC. 9. DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec-
retary for Land and Minerals Management, shall admin-
ister this Act and shall prescribe such rules and regulations 
as may be necessary to carry out its provisions not later 
than 1 year after the enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy 
Resources Act of 2006. 
‘‘(b)(1) There is established in the Department of the 
Interior, under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary 
for Land and Minerals Management, an office to be known 
as the Office of Petroleum and Mining Schools (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ‘Office’) to administer the pro-
visions of this Act. There shall be a Director of the Office 
who shall be a member of the Senior Executive Service. The 
position of the Director shall be allocated from among the 
existing Senior Executive Service positions at the Depart-
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ment of the Interior and shall be a career reserved position 
as defined in section 3132(a)(8) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) The Director is authorized to appoint a Deputy 
Director and to employ such officers and employees as may 
be necessary to enable the Office to carry out its functions, 
not to exceed fifteen. Such appointments shall be made from 
existing positions at the Department of the Interior, and 
shall be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. 
Such positions shall be paid in accordance with the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
title relating to classification and General Schedule pay 
rates. 
‘‘(3) In carrying out his or her functions, the Director 
shall assist and advise the Secretary and the Committee es-
tablished by section 11 of this Act by 
‘‘(A) providing professional and administrative 
staff support for the Committee including record-
keeping and maintaining minutes of all Committee 
and subcommittee meetings; 
‘‘(B) coordinating the activities of the Committee 
with Federal agencies and departments, and the 
schools, universities, and institutions to which funds 
are provided under this Act; 
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‘‘(C) maintaining accurate records of funds dis-
bursed for all scholarships, fellowships, research 
grants, and grants for career technical education pur-
poses; 
‘‘(D) preparing any regulations required to im-
plement this Act; 
‘‘(E) conducting site visits at schools, univer-
sities, and institutions receiving funding under this 
Act; and 
‘‘(F) serving as a central repository for reports 
and clearing house for public information on research 
funded by this Act. 
‘‘(4) The Director or an employee of the Office shall 
be present at each meeting of the Committee established by 
section 11 or a subcommittee of such Committee. 
‘‘(5) The Director is authorized to contract with public 
or private agencies, institutions, and organizations and 
with individuals without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) 
of title 31, United States Code, and section 5 of title 41, 
United States Code, in carrying out his or her functions. 
‘‘(6) As needed the Director shall ascertain whether the 
requirements of this Act have been met by schools, univer-
sities, institutions, and individuals, including the payment 
of any revenues derived from patents into the fund created 
by section 23(a) of this Act as required by section 10(d). 
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‘‘(c) The Secretary, acting through the Office of Petro-
leum and Mining Schools, shall furnish such advice and 
assistance as will best promote the purposes of this Act, 
shall participate in coordinating research, investigations, 
demonstrations, and experiments initiated under this Act, 
shall indicate to schools, universities, and institutions re-
ceiving funds under this Act such lines of inquiry that seem 
most important, and shall encourage and assist in the es-
tablishment and maintenance of cooperation between such 
schools, universities, and institutions, other research orga-
nizations, the Department of the Interior, and other Federal 
agencies. 
‘‘(d) The Secretary shall establish procedures— 
‘‘(1) to ensure that each employee and contractor 
of the Office established by this section and each mem-
ber of the committee established by section 11 of this 
Act shall disclose to the Secretary any financial inter-
ests in or financial relationships with schools, univer-
sities, institutions or individuals receiving funds, 
scholarships or fellowships under this Act; 
‘‘(2) to require any employee, contractor, or 
member of the committee with a financial relation-
ship disclosed under paragraph (1) to recuse them-
selves from— 
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‘‘(A) any recommendation or decision re-
garding the awarding of funds, scholarships or 
fellowships; or 
‘‘(B) any review, report, analysis or inves-
tigation regarding compliance with the provi-
sions of this Act by a school, university, institu-
tion or any individual. 
‘‘(e) On or before the first day of July of each year 
beginning after the date of enactment of this sentence, 
schools, universities, and institutions receiving funds under 
this Act shall certify compliance with this Act and upon 
request of the Director of the office established by this section 
provide documentation of such compliance. 
‘‘(f) An individual granted a scholarship or fellowship 
with funds provided under this Act shall through their re-
spective school, university, or institution, advise the Direc-
tor of the office established by this Act of progress towards 
completion of the course of studies and upon the awarding 
of the degree within 30 days after the award. 
‘‘(g) The regulations required by this section shall in-
clude a preference for veterans and service members who 
have received or will receive either the Afghanistan Cam-
paign Medal or the Iraq Campaign Medal as authorized 
by Public Law 108–234, and Executive Order 13363. 
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‘‘SEC. 10. COORDINATION. 
‘‘(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair 
or modify the legal relationship existing between any of the 
schools, universities, and institutions under whose direction 
a program is established with funds provided under this 
Act and the government of the State in which it is located. 
Nothing in this Act shall in any way be construed to au-
thorize Federal control or direction of education at any 
school, university, or institution. 
‘‘(b) The programs authorized by this Act are intended 
to enhance the Nation’s petroleum, mining, and mineral en-
gineering education programs and to enhance educational 
programs in petroleum and mining exploration and to in-
crease the number of individuals enrolled in and completing 
these programs. To achieve this intent, the Secretary and 
the Committee established by section 11 shall receive the 
continuing advice and cooperation of all agencies of the 
Federal Government concerned with the identification, ex-
ploration, and development of energy and mineral re-
sources. 
‘‘(c) Nothing in this Act is intended to give or shall 
be construed as giving the Secretary any authority over 
mining and mineral resources research conducted by any 
agency of the Federal Government, or as repealing or di-
minishing existing authorities or responsibilities of any 
agency of the Federal Government to plan and conduct, con-
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tract for, or assist in research in its area of responsibility 
and concern with regard to mining and mineral resources. 
‘‘(d) The schools, universities, and institutions receiv-
ing funding under this Act shall make detailed reports to 
the Office of Petroleum and Mining Schools on projects com-
pleted, in progress, or planned with funds provided under 
this Act. All such reports shall available to the public on 
not less than an annual basis through the Office of Petro-
leum and Mining Schools. All uses, products, processes, pat-
ents, and other developments resulting from any research, 
demonstration, or experiment funded in whole or in part 
under this Act shall be made available promptly to the gen-
eral public, subject to exception or limitation, if any, as 
the Secretary may find necessary in the interest of national 
security. Schools, universities, and institutions receiving 
patents for inventions funded in whole or in part under 
this Act shall be governed by the applicable Federal law, 
except that one percent of gross annual revenues due to the 
holders of the patents that are derived from such patents 
shall be paid by the holders of the patents to the Federal 
Energy and Mineral Resources Professional Development 
Fund established by section 23(a) of the Deep Ocean Energy 
Resources Act of 2006. 
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‘‘SEC. 11. COMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM, MINING, AND MIN-
ERAL ENGINEERING AND ENERGY AND MIN-
ERAL RESOURCE EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall appoint a Committee on Pe-
troleum, Mining, and Mineral Engineering and Energy 
and Mineral Resource Education composed of— 
‘‘(1) the Assistant Secretary of the Interior re-
sponsible for land and minerals management and not 
more than 16 other persons who are knowledgeable in 
the fields of mining and mineral resources research, 
including 2 university administrators one of whom 
shall be from historic and existing petroleum and 
mining schools; a community, technical, or tribal col-
lege administrator; a career technical education edu-
cator; 6 representatives equally distributed from the 
petroleum, mining, and aggregate industries; a work-
ing 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 from the Western Gov-
ernors Association; a representative of the State geolo-
gists, and a representative of a State mining and rec-
lamation agency. In making these 16 appointments, 
the Secretary shall consult with interested groups. 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary for Land and Min-
erals Management, in the capacity of the Chairman 
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of the Committee, may have present during meetings 
of the Committee representatives of Federal agencies 
with responsibility for energy and minerals resources 
management, energy and mineral resource investiga-
tions, energy and mineral commodity information, 
international trade in energy and mineral commod-
ities, mining safety regulation and mine safety re-
search, and research into the development, production, 
and utilization of energy and mineral commodities. 
These representatives shall serve as technical advisors 
to the committee and shall have no voting responsibil-
ities. 
‘‘(b) The Committee shall consult with, and make rec-
ommendations to, the Secretary on all matters relating to 
funding energy and mineral resources research, the award-
ing of scholarships and fellowships and allocation of fund-
ing made under this Act. The Secretary shall consult with 
and carefully consider recommendations of the Committee 
in such matters. 
‘‘(c) Committee members, other than officers or em-
ployees of Federal, State, or local governments, shall be, for 
each day (including traveltime) during which they are per-
forming 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 
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under section 5136 of title 5, United States Code, and shall 
be fully reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and related ex-
penses. 
‘‘(d) The Committee shall be chaired by the Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior responsible for land and minerals 
management. There shall also be elected a Vice Chairman 
by the Committee from among the members referred to in 
this section. The Vice Chairman shall perform such duties 
as are determined to be appropriate by the committee, ex-
cept that the Chairman of the Committee must personally 
preside at all meetings of the full Committee. The Com-
mittee may organize itself into such subcommittees as the 
Committee may deem appropriate. 
‘‘(e) Following completion of the report required by 
section 385 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Committee 
shall consider the recommendations of the report, ongoing 
efforts in the schools, universities, and institutions receiving 
funding under this Act, the Federal and State Governments, 
and the private sector, and shall formulate and recommend 
to the Secretary a national plan for a program utilizing 
the fiscal resources provided under this Act. The Committee 
shall submit such plan to the Secretary for approval. Upon 
approval, the plan shall guide the Secretary and the Com-
mittee in their actions under this Act. 
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‘‘(f) Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App. 2) shall not apply to the Committee. 
‘‘SEC. 12. CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) Up to 25 percent of the annual outlay of funds 
under this Act may be granted to schools or institutions 
including, but not limited to, colleges, universities, commu-
nity colleges, tribal colleges, technical institutes, and sec-
ondary schools, other than those described in sections 3, 4, 
5, and 6. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary, as advised by the Committee estab-
lished under section 11, shall determine the eligibility of 
a school or institution to receive funding under this section 
using criteria that include— 
‘‘(1) the presence of a State-approved program in 
mining engineering technology, petroleum engineering 
technology, industrial engineering technology, or in-
dustrial technology that— 
‘‘(A) is focused on technology and its use in 
energy and mineral production and related 
maintenance, operational safety, or energy infra-
structure protection and security; 
‘‘(B) prepares students for advanced or su-
pervisory roles in the mining industry or the pe-
troleum industry; and 
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‘‘(C) grants either an associate’s degree or a 
baccalaureate degree in one of the subjects listed 
in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(2) the presence of a program, including a sec-
ondary school vocational education program or career 
academy, that provides training for individuals en-
tering the petroleum, coal mining, or mineral mining 
industries; or 
‘‘(3) the presence of a State-approved program of 
career technical education at a secondary school, of-
fered cooperatively with a community college in one 
of the industrial sectors of— 
‘‘(A) agriculture, forestry, or fisheries; 
‘‘(B) utilities; 
‘‘(C) construction; 
‘‘(D) manufacturing; and 
‘‘(E) transportation and warehousing. 
‘‘(c) Schools or institutions receiving funds under this 
section must show evidence of an institutional commitment 
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 equipment, em-
ployee time, or donations of funds to support the activities 
that are within the scope of this section. 
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‘‘(d) 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 appro-
priate for the local labor market or is required by State 
authorities. 
‘‘(e) 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 pro-
grams described in this section, however the use of the funds 
received under this section must be reported to the Secretary 
not less than annually. 
‘‘SEC. 13. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WORKFORCE EN-
HANCEMENT. 
‘‘(a) PHYSICAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECH-
NOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) From the funds made available to carry out 
this section, the Secretary shall use 30 percent of that 
amount to provide financial assistance for education 
in physical sciences, engineering, and engineering or 
industrial technology and disciplines that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, are critical to the functions 
of the Department of the Interior and are needed in 
the Department of the Interior workforce. 
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