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[CITE: 42USC4745]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 62--INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL PROGRAM
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--TRAINING AND DEVELOPING STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 4745. Government Service Fellowships


(a) Diverse payments

    The Office is authorized to make grants to State and general local 
governments to support programs approved by the Office for providing 
Government Service Fellowships for State and local government personnel. 
The grants may cover--
        (1) the necessary costs of the fellowship recipient's books, 
    travel, and transportation, and such related expenses as may be 
    authorized by the Office;
        (2) reimbursement to the State or local government for not to 
    exceed one-fourth of the salary of each fellow during the period of 
    the fellowship; and
        (3) payment to the educational institutions involved of such 
    amounts as the Office determines to be consistent with prevailing 
    practices under comparable federally supported programs for each 
    fellow, less any amount charged the fellow for tuition and 
    nonrefundable fees and deposits.

(b) Period of fellowships; eligibility criteria

    Fellowships awarded under this section may not exceed two years of 
full-time graduate-level study for professional, administrative, and 
technical employees. The regulations of the Office shall include 
eligibility criteria for the selection of fellowship recipients by State 
and local governments.

(c) Selection of fellows; continuation of salary and employment 
        benefits; public service plans upon completion of study: outline 
        of plans in application for grant

    The State or local government concerned shall--
        (1) select the individual recipients of the fellowships;
        (2) during the period of the fellowship, continue the full 
    salary of the recipient and normal employment benefits such as 
    credit for seniority, leave accrual, retirement, and insurance; and
        (3) make appropriate plans for the utilization and continuation 
    in public service of employees completing fellowships and outline 
    such plans in the application for the grant.

(Pub. L. 91-648, title III, Sec. 305, Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1919; 1978 
Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 
3783.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Office'', meaning Office of Personnel Management, substituted for 
``Commission'', meaning Civil Service Commission, in subsecs. (a) and 
(b) pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 
Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees, which transferred functions vested by 
statute in Civil Service Commission and Chairman thereof to Director of 
Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), 
effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 
12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 
5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4743 of this title.
