[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2104 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2104

  To establish within the National Laboratories of the Department of 
  Energy a national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 
                                Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 11 (legislative day, May 2), 1994

Mr. Hatfield (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, and Mr. Cochran) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish within the National Laboratories of the Department of 
  Energy a national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 
                                Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Albert Einstein Distinguished 
Educator Fellowship Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Department of Energy has unique mathematics and 
        science capabilities within the National Laboratories;
            (2) a need exists to increase understanding, communication, 
        and cooperation between the Department of Energy and the 
        mathematics and science community;
            (3) the mathematics and science community includes a cadre 
        of nationally recognized outstanding elementary and secondary 
        school mathematics and science teachers; and
            (4) a pilot program has confirmed the effectiveness of 
        outstanding elementary and secondary school mathematics and 
        science teachers serving in professional staff capacities in 
        the Federal Government.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE; DESIGNATION.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish within the 
National Laboratories a national fellowship program for outstanding 
mathematics and science teachers who have made a contribution to energy 
conservation.
    (b) Designation.--A recipient of a fellowship under this Act shall 
be known as a ``Department of Energy Albert Einstein Fellow''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``contractor'' means a nonprofit organization 
        selected by the Secretary to administer the fellowship program 
        authorized under this Act;
            (2) the term ``National Laboratory'' means a National 
        Laboratory of the Department of Energy;
            (3) the term ``outstanding'', used with respect to an 
        elementary or secondary school mathematics or science teacher, 
        means such a teacher who--
                    (A) has established an effective energy 
                conservation program; and
                    (B)(i) is a State or national winner of the 
                Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and 
                Science Teaching;
                    (ii) has participated in the Woodrow Wilson 
                Fellowship Program; or
                    (iii) has been a recipient of national or State 
                recognition comparable to the recognition described in 
                clause (i) or (ii); and
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) In general.--(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
        (B), the Secretary is authorized to establish the Department of 
        Energy Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 
        Program within the National Laboratories in order to provide 10 
        outstanding elementary or secondary school mathematics or 
        science teachers with fellowships within the National 
        Laboratories in each fiscal year in accordance with this Act.
            (B) The Secretary may reduce the number of fellowships 
        awarded under this Act in any fiscal year if the amount 
        appropriated pursuant to the authority of section 7 for such 
        year is less than the amount authorized to be appropriated 
        pursuant to such authority for such year.
            (2) 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 Department of Energy Albert Einstein 
        Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.
            (2) Requirements.--The contractor shall provide for--
                    (A) development and administration of an 
                application process for the awarding of fellowships 
                under this Act;
                    (B) publication of information regarding the 
                fellowship program in appropriate professional 
                publications and inviting applications from teachers 
                listed in the directories of the Presidential Awardees, 
                the Woodrow Wilson Fellows, and other national and 
                State recognition programs;
                    (C) development and administration of an initial 
                screening process of applicants for the Department of 
                Energy 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) development of the process whereby final 
                selections of fellowship recipients are made in 
                accordance with subsection (d)(2);
                    (E) development of a program of orientation for 
                fellowship recipients under this Act;
                    (F) establishment and administration of a reporting 
                and evaluation program for each year fellowships are 
                awarded under this Act; and
                    (G) submission of an annual report and evaluation 
                of the fellowship program assisted under this Act to 
                the Secretary on August 31, 1995, and each year 
                thereafter.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--The contractor shall only use funds under 
        this Act to provide for fellowship recipient salaries, Federal 
        insurance contributions under chapter 21 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to such salaries, 
        administrative expenses (including information dissemination, 
        direct mailing, advertising, direct staff costs for 
        coordination and accounting services), expenses of conducting 
        an orientation program, relocation 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 account from which 
        fellowship recipients may be reimbursed 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 participate in interviews 
        after the initial screening process described in subparagraph 
        (C) of subsection (b)(2) is completed.
            (2) Final selection.--The contractor shall provide for 
        developing and conducting a process whereby final selections of 
        fellowship recipients under this Act are made by the Secretary 
        or the Secretary's designee.
    (e) Final Placement.--
            (1) In general.--Each individual selected to receive a 
        fellowship pursuant to subsection (d) shall interview in 
        various National Laboratories.
            (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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