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[CITE: 42USC1869c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 16--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 1869c. Low-income scholarship program


(1) Establishment

    The Director of the National Science Foundation (referred to in this 
section as the ``Director'') shall award scholarships to low-income 
individuals to enable such individuals to pursue associate, 
undergraduate, or graduate level degrees in mathematics, engineering, or 
computer science.

(2) Eligibility

                           (A) In general

        To be eligible to receive a scholarship under this section, an 
    individual--
            (i) must be a citizen of the United States, a national of 
        the United States (as defined in section 1101(a) of title 8), an 
        alien admitted as a refugee under section 1157 of title 8, or an 
        alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
        residence;
            (ii) shall prepare and submit to the Director an application 
        at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
        the Director may require; and
            (iii) shall certify to the Director that the individual 
        intends to use amounts received under the scholarship to enroll 
        or continue enrollment at an institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 1001(a) of title 20) in order to pursue an 
        associate, undergraduate, or graduate level degree in 
        mathematics, engineering, or computer science.

                             (B) Ability

        Awards of scholarships under this section shall be made by the 
    Director solely on the basis of the ability of the applicant, except 
    that in any case in which 2 or more applicants for scholarships are 
    deemed by the Director to be possessed of substantially equal 
    ability, and there are not sufficient scholarships available to 
    grant one to each of such applicants, the available scholarship or 
    scholarships shall be awarded to the applicants in a manner that 
    will tend to result in a geographically wide distribution throughout 
    the United States of recipients' places of permanent residence.

(3) Limitation

    The amount of a scholarship awarded under this section shall be 
determined by the Director, except that the Director shall not award a 
scholarship in an amount exceeding $2,500 per year.

(4) Funding

    The Director shall carry out this section only with funds made 
available under section 1356(s)(3) of title 8.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, title IV, Sec. 414(d), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681-653.)

                       References in Text

    Section 1157 of title 8, referred to in par. (2)(A)(i), was in the 
original ``section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality'', and was 
translated as reading section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998, and also as part of the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and 
not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which 
comprises this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 8 section 1356.
