at which each such person is pursuing his course of study $2,500 per academic year, less any amount charged such person for tuition.

(20 U.S.C. 464) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title IV, sec. 404, 72 Stat. 1591; amended Dec. 18, 1963, P.L. 88-210, sec. 24 (c), 77 Stat. 417; amended Oct. 16, 1964, P.L. 88-665, Title IV, sec. 403, 78 Stat. 1105.

FELLOWSHIP CONDITIONS

SEC. 405. A person awarded a fellowship under the provisions of this title shall continue to receive the payments provided in section 404 only during such periods as the Commissioner finds that he is maintaining satisfactory proficiency in, and devoting essentially full time to, study or research in the field in which such fellowship was awarded, in an institution of higher education, and is not engaging in gainful employment other than part-time employment by such institution in teaching, research, or similar activities, approved by the Commissioner.

(20 U.S.C. 465) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title IV, sec. 405, 72 Stat. 1591.

SEC. 601. (a) The Secretary is authorized to arrange through grants to or contracts with institutions of higher education for the establishment and operation by them, during the period beginning July 1, 1958, and ending with the close of June 30, 1968, of centers for the teaching of any modern foreign language with respect to which the Secretary determines that individuals trained in such language are needed by the Federal Government or by business, industry, or education in the United States. Any such grant or contract may provide for instruction not only in such modern foreign language but also in other fields needed to provide a full understanding of the areas, regions, or countries in which such language is commonly used, to the extent adequate instruction in such fields is not readily available, including fields such as history, political science, linguistics, economics, sociology, geography, and anthropology. Any such grant or contract may cover all or part of the cost of the establishment and operation of the center with respect to which it is made, including the cost of grants to the staff for travel in the foreign areas, regions, or countries with which the subject matter of the field or fields in which they are or will be working is concerned and the cost of travel of foreign scholars to such centers to teach or assist in teaching therein and the cost of their return, and shall be made on such conditions as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(b) The Secretary is also authorized, during the period beginning July 1, 1958, and ending with the close of June 30, 1968, to pay stipends to individuals undergoing advanced training in any modern foreign language (with respect to which he makes the determination under subsection (a)), and other fields needed for a full understanding of the area, region, or country in which such language is commonly used,

at any short-term or regular session of any institution of higher education, including allowances for dependents and for travel to and from their places of residence, but only upon reasonable assurance that the recipients of such stipends will, on completion of their training, be available for teaching a modern foreign language in an institution of higher education or for such other service of a public nature as may be permitted in regulations of the Secretary.

(20 U.S.C. 511) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title VI, sec. 601, 72 Stat. 1593; amended Oct. 3, 1961, P.L. 87-344, Title II, sec. 205(a), 75 Stat. 760; amended Dec. 18, 1963, P.L. 88-210, sec. 26(a), 77 Stat. 418; amended Oct. 16, 1964, P.L. 88-665, Title VI, sec. 601(a), 78 Stat. 1106; amended Oct. 29, 1966, P.L. 89-698, Title II, sec. 201, 80 Stat. 1069.

RESEARCH AND STUDIES

SEC. 602. The Commissioner is authorized, directly or by contract, to make studies and surveys to determine the need for increased or improved instruction in modern foreign languages and other fields needed to provide a full understanding of the areas, regions or countries in which such languages are commonly used, to conduct research on more effective methods of teaching such languages and in such other fields, and to develop specialized materials for use in such training, or in training teachers of such languages or in such fields.

(20 U.S.C. 512) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title VI, sec. 602, 72 Stat. 1594.

APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED

SEC. 603. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, $13,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, to carry out the provisions of this title.

(20 U.S.C. 513) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title VI, sec. 603, 72 Stat. 1594; amended Oct. 16, 1964, P.L. 88-665, Title VI, sec. 601(b), 78 Stat. 1107.

Title X-Miscellaneous Provisions

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 1001. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to delegate any of his functions under this Act, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education.

(b) In administering the titles of this Act for which he is responsible, the Commissioner is authorized to utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C., sec. 5), of any other public or nonprofit agency or institution, in accordance with agreements between the Secretary and the head thereof.

(c) The Commissioner shall include in his annual report to the Congress a full report of the activities of the Office of Education under this Act, including recommendations for needed revisions in the provisions thereof.

(d) The Secretary shall advise and consult with the heads of departments and agencies of the Federal Government responsible for the administration of scholarship, fellowship, or other educational programs with a view to securing full information concerning all specialized scholarship, fellowship, or other educational programs administered by or under any such department or agency and to developing policies and procedures which will strengthen the educational programs and objectives of the institutions of higher education utilized for such purposes by any such department or agency.

(e) Any agency of the Federal Government shall exercise its functions under any other law in such manner as will assist in carrying out the objectives of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as superseding or limiting the authority of any such agency under any other law.

(f) (1) No part of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for expenditure under the authority of this Act shall be used to make payments or loans to any individual unless such individual has taken and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in the following form: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all its enemies, foreign and domestic".

(2) No fellowship or stipend shall be awarded to any individual under the provisions of title IV or of part A of title VI of this Act unless such individual has provided the Commissioner (in the case of applications made on or after October 1, 1962) with a full statement regarding any crimes of which he has ever been convicted (other than crimes committed before attaining sixteen years of age and minor traffic violations for which a fine of $25 or less was imposed) and regarding any criminal charges punishable by confinement of thirty days or more which may be pending against him at the time of his application for such fellowship or stipend.

(3) The provisions of section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, shall be applicable with respect to the oath or affirmation required under paragraph (1) of this subsection and to the statement required under paragraph (2).

(4) (A) When any Communist organization, as defined in paragraph (5) of section 3 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, is registered or there is in effect a final order of the Subversive Activities Control Board requiring such organization to register, it shall be unlawful for any member of such organization with knowledge or notice that such organization is so registered or that such order has become final (i) to make application for any payment or loan which is to be made from funds part or all of which are appropriated or otherwise made available for expenditure under the authority of this Act, or (ii) to use or attempt to use any such payment or loan.

(B) Whoever violates subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(g) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the Commissioner from refusing or revoking a fellowship award under title IV of this Act, in whole or in part, in the case of any applicant or recipient, if

the Commissioner is of the opinion that such award is not in the best interests of the United States.

(20 U.S.C. 581) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title X, sec. 1001, 72 Stat. 1602; amended Oct. 16, 1962, P.L. 87-835, 76 Stat. 1070.

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

SEC. 1002. (a) The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may appoint an advisory committee, or advisory committees, to advise and consult with him with respect to the administration of the provisions of this Act for which he is responsible. Any such committee shall have twelve members as follows:

(1) Four members who are recognized scholars in any of the following fields: engineering, mathematics, or science;

(2) Four members who are recognized scholars in any of the fields of the humanities; and

(3) Four members from such fields of endeavor as the Commissioner deems appropriate.

Members of an advisory committee appointed under this section, while attending conferences or meetings of the committee, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $50 per diem, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

(20 U.S.C. 582) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title X, sec. 1002, 72 Stat. 1602.

EXEMPTION FROM CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST LAWS OF MEMBERS OF

ADVISORY COMMITTEES OR INFORMATION COUNCIL

SEC. 1003. (a) Any member of an advisory committee or information council appointed under this Act is hereby exempted with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99), except as otherwise specified in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The exemption granted by subsection (a) shall not extend(1) to the receipt or payment of salary in connection with the appointee's Government service from any source other than the private employer of the appointee at the time of his appointment,

or

(2) during the period of such appointment, and the further period of two years after the termination thereof, to the prosecution or participation in the prosecution, by any person so appointed, of any claim against the Government involving any matter concerning which the appointee had any responsibility arising out of his appointment during the period of such appointment. (20 U.S.C. 583) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title X, sec. 1003, 72 Stat. 1603.

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METHOD OF PAYMENT

SEC. 1006. Payments under this Act to any individual or to any State or Federal agency, institution of higher education, or any other organization, pursuant to a grant, loan, or contract, may be made in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursements, and, in the case of grants or loans, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments.

(20 U.S.C. 586) Enacted Sept. 2, 1958, P.L. 85-864, Title X, sec. 1006, 72 Stat. 1604.

Land-Grant Colleges

First Morrill Act

AN ACT Donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.

(7 U.S.C. 301) Enacted July 2, 1862, ch. 130, sec. 1, 12 Stat. 503. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and wherever there are public lands in a State, subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands, within the limits of such State; and the Secretary of Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States, in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States, and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other purpose whatsoever: Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any territory of the United States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, an acre: And provided further, That not more than one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of the States: And provided further, That no such location shall be made before one year from the passage of this act.

(7 U.S.C. 302) Enacted July 2, 1862, ch. 130, sec. 2, 12 Stat. 503.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management