§ 5605. — Authority of Foundation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC5605]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 66--MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
Sec. 5605. Authority of Foundation
(a) Authority of Foundation
(1) In general
(A) The Foundation, in consultation with the Center, is
authorized to identify and conduct such programs, activities, and
services as the Foundation considers appropriate to carry out the
purposes described in section 5604 of this title. The Foundation
shall have the authority to award scholarships, fellowships,
internships, and grants and fund the Center to carry out and manage
other programs, activities and services.
(B) The Foundation may provide, directly or by contract, for the
conduct of national competition for the purpose of selecting
recipients of scholarships, fellowships, internships, and grants
awarded under this chapter.
(C) The Foundation may award scholarships, fellowships,
internships and grants to eligible individuals in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter for study in fields related to the
environment and Native American and Alaska Native health care and
tribal public policy. Such scholarships, fellowships, internships
and grants shall be awarded to eligible individuals who meet the
minimum criteria established by the Foundation.
(D) Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.--
(i) In general.--The Foundation shall--
(I) establish the United States Institute for
Environmental Conflict Resolution as part of the Foundation;
and
(II) identify and conduct such programs, activities, and
services as the Foundation determines appropriate to permit
the Foundation to provide assessment, mediation, training,
and other related services to resolve environmental
disputes.
(ii) Geographic proximity of conflict resolution
provision.--In providing assessment, mediation, training, and
other related services under clause (i)(II) to resolve
environmental disputes, the Foundation shall consider, to the
maximum extent practicable, conflict resolution providers within
the geographic proximity of the conflict.
(2) Scholarships
(A) Scholarships shall be awarded to outstanding undergraduate
students who intend to pursue careers related to the environment and
to outstanding Native American and Alaska Native undergraduate
students who intend to pursue careers in health care and tribal
public policy.
(B) An eligible individual awarded a scholarship under this
chapter may receive payments under this chapter only during such
periods as the Foundation finds that the eligible individual is
maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting full time to study
or research and is not engaging in gainful employment other than
employment approved by the Foundation pursuant to regulations of the
Board.
(C) The Foundation may require reports containing such
information, in such form, and to be filed at such times as the
Foundation determines to be necessary from any eligible individual
awarded a scholarship under this chapter. Such reports shall be
accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the
institution of higher education, approved by the Foundation, stating
that such individual is making satisfactory progress in, and is
devoting essentially full time to study or research, except as
otherwise provided in this subsection.
(3) Fellowships
Fellowships shall be awarded to--
(A) outstanding graduate students who intend to pursue
advanced degrees in fields related to the environment and to
outstanding Native American and Alaska Native graduate students
who intend to pursue advanced degrees in health care and tribal
public policy, including law and medicine; and
(B) faculty from a variety of disciplines to bring the
expertise of such faculty to the Foundation.
(4) Internships
Internships shall be awarded to--
(A) deserving and qualified individuals to participate in
internships in Federal, State and local agencies or in offices
of major environmental organizations pursuant to section 5604 of
this title; and
(B) deserving and qualified Native American and Alaska
Native individuals to participate in internships in Federal,
State and local agencies or in offices of major public health or
public policy organizations pursuant to section 5604 of this
title.
(5) Grants
The Foundation shall award grants to the Center--
(A) to provide for an annual panel of experts to discuss
contemporary environmental issues;
(B) to conduct environmental policy research;
(C) to conduct research on Native American and Alaska Native
health care issues and tribal public policy issues; and
(D) for visiting policymakers to share the practical
experiences of such for visiting policymakers with the
Foundation.
(6) Repository
The Foundation shall provide direct or indirect assistance from
the proceeds of the Trust Fund to the Center to maintain the current
site of the repository for Morris K. Udall's papers and other such
public papers as may be appropriate and assure such papers'
availability to the public.
(7) Coordination
The Foundation shall assist in the development and
implementation of a Program for Environmental Policy Research and
Environmental Conflict Resolution and Training to be located at the
Center.
(b) Morris K. Udall Scholars
Recipients of scholarships, fellowships, internships, and grants
under this chapter shall be known as ``Morris K. Udall Scholars''.
(c) Program priorities
The Foundation shall determine the priority of the programs to be
carried out under this chapter and the amount of funds to be allocated
for such programs. However, not less than 50 percent shall be utilized
for the programs set forth in section 5604(a)(2) of this title, section
5604(a)(3) of this title, and section 5604(a)(4) of this title, not more
than 15 percent shall be used for salaries and other administrative
purposes, and not less than 20 percent shall be appropriated to the
Center for section 5604(a)(5) of this title, section 5604(a)(6) of this
title, and section 5604(a)(7) of this title conditioned on a 25-percent
match from other sources and further conditioned on adequate space at
the Center being made available for the Executive Director and other
appropriate staff of the Foundation by the Center.
(Pub. L. 102-259, Sec. 7, Mar. 19, 1992, 106 Stat. 81; Pub. L. 105-156,
Secs. 5, 9(b), Feb. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 9, 12.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 105-156, Sec. 5(1), added subpar.
(D).
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 105-156, Sec. 9(b), substituted ``Trust
Fund'' for ``Fund''.
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 105-156, Sec. 5(2), inserted ``and
Training'' after ``Conflict Resolution''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 5602 of this title.
