 
   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.
