 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
     SUBCHAPTER VII--GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
 
                   Part A--Graduate Education Programs
 
              subpart 1--jacob k. javits fellowship program
 
Sec. 1134. Award of Jacob K. Javits fellowships


(a) Authority and timing of awards

    The Secretary is authorized to award fellowships in accordance with 
the provisions of this subpart for graduate study in the arts, 
humanities, and social sciences by students of superior ability selected 
on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and 
exceptional promise. The fellowships shall be awarded to students who 
are eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance pursuant to 
section 1091 of this title and intend to pursue a doctoral degree, 
except that fellowships may be granted to students pursuing a master's 
degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal 
highest degree awarded in the area of study. All funds appropriated in a 
fiscal year shall be obligated and expended to the students for 
fellowships for use in the academic year beginning after July 1 of the 
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the funds were 
appropriated. The fellowships shall be awarded for only 1 academic year 
of study and shall be renewable for a period not to exceed 4 years of 
study.

(b) Designation of fellows

    Students receiving awards under this subpart shall be known as 
``Jacob K. Javits Fellows''.

(c) Interruptions of study

    The institution of higher education may allow a fellowship recipient 
to interrupt periods of study for a period not to exceed 12 months for 
the purpose of work, travel, or independent study away from the campus, 
if such independent study is supportive of the fellowship recipient's 
academic program and shall continue payments for those 12-month periods 
during which the student is pursuing travel or independent study 
supportive of the recipient's academic program.

(d) Process and timing of competition

    The Secretary shall make applications for fellowships under this 
part available not later than October 1 of the academic year preceding 
the academic year for which fellowships will be awarded, and shall 
announce the recipients of fellowships under this section not later than 
March 1 of the academic year preceding the academic year for which the 
fellowships are awarded.

(e) Authority to contract

    The Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract with a 
nongovernmental agency to administer the program assisted under this 
part if the Secretary determines that entering into the contract is an 
efficient means of carrying out the program.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VII, Sec. 701, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1786.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1134h 
of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-244.
    A prior section 1134, Pub. L. 89-329, title IX, Sec. 901, as added 
Pub. L. 99-498, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1549; 
amended Pub. L. 102-325, title IX, Sec. 901, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 
760; Pub. L. 103-208, Sec. 2(j)(27), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2482, 
stated purpose of former subchapter IX of this chapter and contained 
administrative provisions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 3, 
title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1585, 1803, effective Oct. 
1, 1998.
    Another prior section 1134, Pub. L. 89-329, title IX, Sec. 901, as 
added Pub. L. 92-318, title I, Sec. 181(a), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 304; 
amended Pub. L. 94-482, title I, Sec. 171(a)(1), (2), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 
Stat. 2159; Pub. L. 96-49, Sec. 9(a), Aug. 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 353; Pub. 
L. 96-374, title IX, Sec. 901(a), title XIII, Sec. 1391(a)(1), Oct. 3, 
1980, 94 Stat. 1482, 1503, set forth Congressional declaration of 
purpose and authorized appropriations for grants to institutions of 
higher education, prior to the general amendment of subchapter IX of 
this chapter by Pub. L. 99-498.
    Another prior section 1134, Pub. L. 89-329, title IX, Sec. 901, as 
added Pub. L. 90-575, title II, Sec. 261, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1043, 
set forth Congressional declaration of purpose respecting education for 
the public service, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 92-318.
    A prior section 701 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 
1132a of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter 
by Pub. L. 105-244.
    Another prior section 701 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to 
section 1132a of this title, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 99-498.
    Another prior section 701 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to 
section 1132a of this title, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 96-374.
