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‘‘(i) provide for the selection of indi-
viduals to receive scholarships or fellowships 
under this section through a competitive 
process primarily on the basis of academic 
merit and the nuclear forensics and attribu-
tion needs of the United States Government; 
‘‘(ii) provide for the setting aside of up 
to 10 percent of the scholarships or fellow-
ships awarded under this section for indi-
viduals who are Federal employees to en-
hance the education of such employees in 
areas of critical nuclear forensics and attri-
bution needs of the United States Govern-
ment, for doctoral education under the 
scholarship on a full-time or part-time 
basis; 
‘‘(iii) provide that the Secretary may 
enter into a contractual agreement with an 
institution of higher education under which 
the amounts provided for a scholarship 
under this section for tuition, fees, and 
other authorized expenses are paid directly 
to the institution with respect to which such 
scholarship is awarded;
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‘‘(iv) require scholarship recipients to 
maintain satisfactory academic progress; 
and 
‘‘(v) require that— 
‘‘(I) a scholarship recipient who 
fails to maintain a high level of aca-
demic standing, as defined by the Sec-
retary, who is dismissed for discipli-
nary reasons from the educational in-
stitution such recipient is attending, or 
who voluntarily terminates academic 
training before graduation from the 
educational program for which the 
scholarship was awarded shall be liable 
to the United States for repayment 
within 1 year after the date of such de-
fault of all scholarship funds paid to 
such recipient and to the institution of 
higher education on the behalf of such 
recipient, provided that the repayment 
period may be extended by the Sec-
retary if the Secretary determines it 
necessary, as established by regulation; 
and
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‘‘(II) a scholarship recipient who, 
for any reason except death or dis-
ability, fails to begin or complete the 
post-doctoral service requirements in a 
technical nuclear forensics-related spe-
cialty at a national laboratory or ap-
propriate Federal agency after comple-
tion of academic training shall be lia-
ble to the United States for an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(aa) the total amount of the 
scholarship received by such re-
cipient under this section; and 
‘‘(bb) the interest on such 
amounts which would be payable 
if at the time the scholarship was 
received such scholarship was a 
loan bearing interest at the max-
imum legally prevailing rate; 
‘‘(13) provide an annual report to Congress on 
the activities carried out under paragraphs (10), (11), 
and (12); and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) ALASKA
NATIVE-SERVING
INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Alaska Native-serving institution’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 317 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d). 
‘‘(2) ASIAN
AMERICAN
AND
NATIVE
AMERICAN 
PACIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Asian American and Native American Pacific Is-
lander-serving institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 320 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g). 
‘‘(3) HAWAIIAN NATIVE-SERVING INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Hawaiian native-serving institution’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 317 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d). 
‘‘(4) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 502 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). 
‘‘(5) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVER-
SITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or univer-
sity’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B institu-
tion’ in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
‘‘(6) TRIBAL
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning
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given that term in section 316(b) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)).’’. 
(b) JOINT INTERAGENCY ANNUAL REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT TO CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1907(a)(1) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 596a(a)(1)) 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the Director of the Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office and each of the relevant depart-
ments that are partners in the National Tech-
nical Forensics Center— 
‘‘(i) include, as part of the assessments, 
evaluations, and reviews required under 
this paragraph, each office’s or department’s 
activities and investments in support of nu-
clear forensics and attribution activities 
and specific goals and objectives accom-
plished during the previous year pursuant 
to the national strategic five-year plan for
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improving the nuclear forensic and attribu-
tion capabilities of the United States re-
quired under section 1036 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010; 
‘‘(ii) attaches, as an appendix to the 
Joint Interagency Annual Review, the most 
current version of such strategy and plan; 
and 
‘‘(iii) includes a description of new or 
amended bilateral and multilateral agree-
ments and efforts in support of nuclear 
forensics and attribution activities accom-
plished during the previous year.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.