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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3840
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish an Advanced
Manufacturing Fellowship.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. MCGOV-
ERN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish
an Advanced Manufacturing Fellowship.
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 cited as the ‘‘Advanced Manufactur-
ing Fellowship Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is
amended by adding after part G (20 U.S.C. 1134u et seq.)
the following new part:
‘‘PART H—ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 981. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) CONTRACT AUTHORIZED.—From the funds ap-
propriated to carry out this part, the Secretary, by con-
tract, shall establish an advanced manufacturing fellow-
ship program in accordance with the requirements of this
part. In carrying out such contract, the Secretary shall
establish a competition to select a manufacturing associa-
tion to establish such program,
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—The
contract required by subsection (a) shall contain such pro-
visions as are necessary to ensure that the advanced man-
ufacturing fellowship program is conducted in accordance
with the requirements of this part, including—
‘‘(1) provisions to ensure that any small busi-
ness manufacturing enterprise that obtains an ad-
vanced manufacturing fellowship program will pro-
vide 80 percent of the cost of the salary and related
benefits of the fellowship recipient; and
‘‘(2) provisions to require such enterprises to
submit, after each year of participation in the pro-
gram, an evaluation of the value and benefits ob-
tained from participation in the program.
‘‘SEC. 982. PROGRAM OPERATIONS.
‘‘(a) FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.—The advanced manu-
facturing fellowship program shall provide fellowships to
eligible individuals to cover 20 percent of the costs of sal-
ary and related benefits, not to exceed the salary and re-
lated benefits available to similar individuals in similar
employment, for fellowship recipients for one year of em-
ployment with a small business manufacturing enterprise.
‘‘(b) SELECTION PROCEDURE.—
‘‘(1) ADVERTISING FELLOWSHIP.—The contrac-
tor shall take such steps as may be necessary to ad-
vertise the availability of fellowships under this part.
‘‘(2) ENTERPRISE APPLICATION.—Any small
business manufacturing enterprise that desires to
obtain an advanced manufacturing fellowship pro-
gram for an eligible individual shall file an applica-
tion with the contractor, containing or accompanied
by such information as the contractor may require.
‘‘(3) COMPETITIVE SELECTION.—The contrac-
tor shall award advanced manufacturing fellowships
on the basis of a competitive review of the applica-
tions received in accordance with paragraph (2). In
conducting such review, the contractor shall use the
following criteria (and such other criteria as may be
established by the contractor consistent with the
contract under section 981):