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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4759
To establish within the Department of Energy a national Albert Einstein
Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program for outstanding elementary
and secondary mathematics and science teachers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1994
Mr. SAWYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To establish within the Department of Energy a national
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Pro-
gram for outstanding elementary and secondary mathe-
matics and science teachers.
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 ‘‘Albert Einstein Distin-
guished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(iii) has been a recipient of national or
State recognition comparable to the recognition
described in subparagraph (A) or (B); and
(B) has received a sabbatical leave from
teaching in order to participate in the fellow-
ship program under this Act, which leave shall
provide for the return to a teaching position in
the school district in which such individual
taught in the academic year preceding such
leave; and
(6) the term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the mean-
ing provided by section 1471(21) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to es-
tablish the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator
Fellowship Program to provide 10 outstanding ele-
mentary or secondary school mathematics or science
teachers with fellowships in each fiscal year in ac-
cordance with this Act.
(B)(i) The Secretary may reduce the number of
fellowships awarded under this Act in any fiscal year
if the amount appropriated pursuant to the author-
ity of section 7 for such year is less than the amount
authorized to be appropriated pursuant to such au-
thority for such year.
(ii) If the number of fellowships awarded under
this Act is reduced pursuant to clause (i) for a fiscal
year then the Secretary shall ensure that priority is
given to awarding fellowships for such year to indi-
viduals selected pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of
subsection (d)(2)(B).
(2) NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS.—The Secretary
shall provide—
(A) 2 outstanding elementary or secondary
school mathematics or science teachers with fel-
lowships in the Senate;
(B) 2 such teachers with fellowships in the
House of Representatives; and
(C) 1 such teacher with a fellowship in
each of the following:
(i) The Department of Energy.
(ii) The Department of Education.
(iii) 
The 
National 
Institutes 
of
Health.
(iv) The National Science Foundation.
(v) The Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy.
(vi) The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
(3) 
TERM
OF
FELLOWSHIPS.—Fellowships
under this Act shall be awarded for a period of 10
months that, to the extent possible, coincide with the
academic year.
(b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) CONTRACT.—The Secretary is authorized to
enter into a contract with a contractor to enable
such contractor to administer the Albert Einstein
Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The contractors shall
provide for—
(A) the development and administration of
an application process for the awarding of fel-
lowships under this Act;
(B) publication on the fellowship program
in appropriate professional publications and in-
vite applications from teachers listed in the di-
rectories of the Presidential Awardees, the
Woodrow Wilson Fellows, and other national
and State recognition programs;
(C) the development and administration of
an initial screening process of applicants for the
Albert Einstein Fellowship Program to narrow
the pool of such applicants to 10 outstanding
elementary and secondary school mathematics
teachers and 10 outstanding elementary and
secondary school science teachers;
(D) the development and administration of
the process whereby final selections of fellow-
ship recipients are made in accordance with
subsection (d)(2);
(E) the development of a program of ori-
entation for fellowship recipients under this
Act;
(F) the establishment and administration
of a reporting and evaluation program for each
year fellowships are awarded under this Act;
(G) submission of an annual report and
evaluation of the fellowship program under this
Act to the Secretary not later than August 31,
1995, and each year thereafter; and
(H) the administration of all funds re-
ceived under this Act, including salaries and ex-
penses incurred in conducting the selection
process, and agreements with the local edu-
cational agencies or school districts serving the
schools at which the outstanding elementary or
secondary school mathematics or science teach-
ers taught prior to the award of fellowships
under this Act regarding the disbursement of
funds to such teachers.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The contractor shall only
use funds under this Act for fellowship recipient sal-
aries, the contractor’s Federal insurance contribu-
tions under chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, administrative expenses (including informa-
tion dissemination, direct mailing, advertising, direct
staff costs for coordination and accounting services),
expenses of conducting an orientation program, relo-
cation expenses, and the expenses of conducting the
final selection interviews described in subsection
(d)(1).
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The contractor may seek
funding from non-Federal sources to establish an ac-
count from which fellowship recipients may be reim-
bursed for travel, professional meetings, and other
appropriate expenses.
(d) SELECTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The contractor shall invite
the 20 semifinalists to Washington, D.C., to partici-
pate in interviews after the initial screening process
described in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(2)
is completed.
(2) FINAL
SELECTION.—(A) The final selec-
tions shall be made in accordance with subparagraph
(B) and announced prior to May 1 preceding each
fellowship term.
(B) The contractor shall develop and conduct a
process whereby final selections of fellowship recipi-
ents under this Act are made as follows:
(i) The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives, or their designees,
shall each select a fellowship recipient who shall
be assigned to the House of Representatives.
(ii) The Majority Leader of the Senate and
the Minority Leader of the Senate, or their des-
ignees, shall each select a fellowship recipient
who will be assigned to the Senate.
(iii) The Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retary of Education, the Director of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, the Director of the
National Science Foundation, the Assistant to
the President for Science and Technology Pol-
icy, and the Administrator of the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or their
designees, shall each select 1 fellowship recipi-
ent who shall be assigned within the depart-
ment, agency, institute, or office that such indi-
vidual administers.
(e) FINAL PLACEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each individual selected to
receive a fellowship pursuant to subsection (d) shall
interview in the various sections, offices, or divisions
within the department, agency, institute, or office in
which such individual is to be placed.
(2) DATE.—The final placement described in
paragraph (1) shall take place on or before the first
day of the fellowship period.
SEC. 6. FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.
Each recipient of a fellowship under this Act shall
be paid during the fellowship period at a rate of pay that
shall not exceed the minimum annual rate payable for a
position under GS–13 of the General Schedule.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $550,000 for
fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2001, to carry out
this Act.
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