I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 512 
To encourage students from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands 
to become civically engaged through local and Federal government fellow-
ships. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2011 
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Ms. RICHARDSON, and Mr. GRIJALVA) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To encourage students from American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and 
the United States Virgin Islands to become civically en-
gaged through local and Federal government fellowships. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be referred to as the ‘‘Dr. Rita Hocog 
Inos Fellowship Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS FROM 
AMERICAN SAMOA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF 
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, 
AND THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 
To encourage civic engagement among students from 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Is-
lands, the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out a pro-
gram, to be known as the ‘‘Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellow-
ship Program’’, to award local and Federal government 
fellowships to qualified students from those territories, 
subject to the availability of amounts described in sub-
section (i). 
(b) TYPES OF FELLOWSHIP.—The fellowships that 
may be awarded under the program are as follows: 
(1) A local government fellowship with a co-
operating agency or entity of the territory in which 
the qualified student is domiciled. 
(2) A Federal government fellowship with a co-
operating— 
(A) Executive agency (as defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code); or 
(B) office of a Representative or Senator 
in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress. 
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(c) QUALIFIED STUDENT.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘qualified student’’ means a student who 
is— 
(1) a citizen of the United States; 
(2) domiciled in American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or 
the United States Virgin Islands; and 
(3) enrolled in a degree or certificate program 
at an institution of higher education (as defined in 
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
(d) TERM OF FELLOWSHIP.—The term of a fellow-
ship under the program shall be an academic semester or 
a summer, as designated by the Secretary. 
(e) FELLOWSHIP AWARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, a fel-
lowship award shall consist of either a stipend de-
scribed in paragraph (2) or academic credit toward 
graduation. Such award may also include a travel 
stipend of not more than $1,500 for each fellowship 
term, based on the distance of the student awarded 
the fellowship from the site of the fellowship. 
(2) STIPEND.—Subject to paragraph (3), a sti-
pend described in this paragraph is as follows: 
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(A) $6,000 for an academic semester fel-
lowship. 
(B) $4,000 for a summer fellowship. 
(3) FISCAL YEARS AFTER 2012.—In the case of 
any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2012, 
each dollar amount in paragraph (2) shall be such 
dollar amount in effect for the preceding fiscal year, 
increased by the sum of— 
(A) the percentage of the dollar amount in 
effect for such preceding fiscal year that is 
equal to the percentage (if any) by which— 
(i) the Consumer Price Index for the 
most recent calendar year ending prior to 
the beginning of the fiscal year, exceeds 
(ii) the Consumer Price Index for the 
next previous calendar year; plus 
(B) one percent of the dollar amount in ef-
fect for such previous year. 
(f) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
and administer an application and selection process 
for awarding a fellowship under the program. 
(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding a fellowship under 
the program, the Secretary shall give priority to a 
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qualified student who has already completed one 
such fellowship. 
(3) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS 
AWARDED TO EACH STUDENT.—Under the program, 
a qualified student may be awarded no more than— 
(A) one local government fellowship; and 
(B) one Federal government fellowship. 
(g) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress, not later than 3 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, a report on the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos 
Fellowship Program. The report shall include information 
on— 
(1) the use of funds appropriated for the pur-
pose of carrying out the program; and 
(2) barriers to participation in the program. 
(h) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Consumer Price Index’’ means 
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
published by the Department of Labor. 
(2) The term ‘‘program’’ means the Dr. Rita 
Hocog Inos Fellowship Program. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(i) FUNDING.—To carry out the fellowship program, 
the Secretary may use amounts appropriated to the De-
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partment of the Interior for technical assistance to terri-
tories under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES’’ 
in an Appropriations Act for the Department of the Inte-
rior for fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent fiscal year. 
The Secretary may use no other amounts for such pur-
pose. 
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