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[CITE: 42USC7381b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
    SUBCHAPTER XIII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 7381b. Laboratory cooperative science centers and other 
        authorized education activities
        

(a) Activities

    The Secretary is authorized to:
        (1) Support research appointments for college and university 
    science and engineering students, and for faculty-student teams, at 
    Department research and development facilities.
        (2) Support research appointments for high school science 
    teachers at Department research and development facilities.
        (3) Support research apprenticeship appointments at Department 
    research and development facilities for students underrepresented in 
    science and technology careers.
        (4) Support research experience programs at Department research 
    and development facilities for nationally selected high school honor 
    students.
        (5) Operate mathematics and science education programs for 
    elementary and secondary students at Department research and 
    development facilities.
        (6) Establish a museum-based science education program.
        (7) Establish collaborative inner-city and rural partnership 
    programs designed to meet the special mathematics and science 
    education needs of students in inner-city and rural areas.
        (8) Provide paid administrative leave for employees of the 
    Department or Department research and development facilities who 
    volunteer to interact with schools, colleges, universities, 
    teachers, or students for the purpose of science, mathematics, and 
    engineering education.
        (9) Establish a talent pool of volunteer scientists, 
    mathematicians, and engineers who have retired from the Department 
    or Department research and development facilities to serve at 
    schools and school districts for the purpose of (A) assisting 
    teachers, with activities such as experiments, lectures, or the 
    preparation of materials; (B) serving as counselors to students on 
    science, mathematics, and engineering; and (C) otherwise assisting 
    science, mathematics, and engineering classes. The Secretary, acting 
    through Department research and development facilities, shall, 
    wherever possible, identify and match schools and school districts 
    with retired scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
        (10) Establish a Young Americans' Summer Science Camp Program to 
    provide secondary school students with a hands-on science experience 
    as well as exposure to working scientists and career counseling.
        (11) Establish a program for mathematics and science teachers to 
    provide teachers serving large numbers of disadvantaged students 
    with new strategies for mathematics and science instruction.
        (12) Support graduate students and, through university-based 
    cooperative programs, undergraduate students for the purpose of 
    encouraging more students to pursue scientific and technical 
    careers, with a particular focus on the recruitment of women and 
    minority students.
        (13) Establish a prefreshman enrichment program in which middle-
    school students attend summer workshops on mathematics, science, and 
    engineering conducted by universities on their campuses.

(b) Use of facilities

    Any of the activities authorized by subsection (a) of this section 
may be conducted through Department research and development facilities. 
The Secretary may designate facilities conducting such education 
activities as ``Laboratory Cooperative Science Centers''.

(c) Funding

    The Secretary is authorized to accept non-Federal funds to finance 
education activities described in subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3165, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1841; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 704(d), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
120.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-25, Sec. 704(d)(1), redesignated 
subpars. (J) to (M) as pars. (10) to (13), respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-25, Sec. 704(d)(2), inserted ``such'' 
before ``education activities'' in second sentence.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-25 applicable as if included in enactment 
of Pub. L. 101-510, see section 704(e) of Pub. L. 102-25, set out as a 
note under section 12321 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
