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ALLEN J. ELLENDER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

JOINT RESOLUTION To provide grants for Allen J. Ellender fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students and their teachers to participate in a Washington public affairs program

Whereas Allen J. Ellender, a Senator from Louisiana and President pro tempore of the United States Senate, had a distinguished career in public service characterized by extraordinary energy and real concern for young people and the development of greater opportunities for active and responsible citizenship by young people; and Whereas Senator Ellender provided valuable support and encouragement to the Close Up Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation promoting knowledge and understanding of the Federal Government among young people and their educators; and Whereas it is a fitting and appropriate tribute to the beloved Senator Ellender to provide in his name an opportunity for participation, by students of limited economic means and by their teachers, in the program supported by the Close Up Foundation: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Commissioner of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to make grants in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution to the Close Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up Foundation in carrying out its program of increasing understanding of the Federal Government among secondary school students, their teachers, and the communities they repre

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(b) Grants received under this joint resolution shall be used only for financial assistance to economically disadvantaged students and their teachers who participate in the program described in subsection (a) of this section. Financial assistance received pursuant to this joint resolution by such students and teachers shall be known as Allen J. Ellender fellowships.

(— U.S.C. —) enacted October 19, 1972, Public Law 92-506, sec. 1, 86 Stat. 907. SEC. 2. (a) No grant under this joint resolution may be made except upon an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. (b) Each such application shall contain provisions to assure

(1) that not more than one thousand five hundred fellowship grants are made to economically disadvantaged secondary school students, and to secondary school teachers, in any fiscal year;

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(2) that not more than one secondary school teacher in each such school participating in the program may receive a fellowship grant in any fiscal year; and

(3) the proper disbursement of the funds of the United States received under this joint resolution.

(— U.S.C. —) enacted October 19, 1972, Public Law 92-506, sec. 2, 86 Stat. 908. SEC. 3. (a) Payments under this joint resolution may be made in installments, in advance, or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of underpayment or overpayment.

(b) The Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to any grant under this joint resolution.

(U.S.C.) enacted October 19, 1972, Public Law 92-506, sec. 3, 86 Stat. 908. SEC. 4. For the purpose of this joint resolution, the term "secondary school" means a day or residential school which provides secondary education, as determined under State law, except that it does not include any education beyond grade twelve.

(— U.S.C. —) enacted October 19, 1972, Public Law 92-506, sec. 4, 86 Stat. 908. SEC. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. (— U.S.C. —) enacted October 19, 1972, Public Law 92-506, sec. 5, 86 Stat. 908.

HERBERT HOOVER MEMORIAL

AN ACT To recognize the fifty years of extraordinary and selfless public service of Herbert Hoover, including his many great humanitarian endeavors, his chairmanship of two Commissions of the Organization of the Executive Branch, and his service as thirty-first President of the United States, and in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of his birth on August 10, 1974, by providing grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in order to establish an appropriate memorial to the late President Herbert Hoover, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

(b) No grant may be made under this Act for any fiscal year unless

(1) the Secretary determines that the total of such grants for that year will not exceed the total amount of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made after the date of enactment of this Act, for that year for the benefit of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; and

(2) the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace furnishes to the Secretary such information at such times and in such manner as he may require.

(c) Grants made under this Act may be used for the construction of a new educational building to be used by the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, and for the equipment of such building. (— U.S.C. -) enacted January 2, 1975, Public Law 93-585, sec. 1, 88 Stat. 1918.

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that, if a facility constructed with the aid of any grant under this Act is used as an educational facility for twenty years following completion of such construction, the public benefit accruing to the United States from such use will equal in value the amount of such grant or grants. The period of twenty years after completion of such construction shall, therefore, be deemed to be the period of Federal interest in such facility for the purposes of this Act. (b) If, within twenty years after completion of construction of an educational facility which has been constructed in part with a grant or grants under this Act

(1) the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace (or its successor in title or possession) ceases or fails to be a nonprofit institution, or

(2) the facility ceases to be used as an educational facility, unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institution from its obligation,

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