§ 1261. — Scholarships.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1261]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 1261. Scholarships
(1) The Administrator is authorized to award scholarships in
accordance with the provisions of this section for undergraduate study
by persons who plan to enter an occupation involving the operation and
maintenance of treatment works. Such scholarships shall be awarded for
such periods as the Administrator may determine but not to exceed four
academic years.
(2) The Administrator shall allocate scholarships under this section
among institutions of higher education with programs approved under the
provisions of this section for the use of individuals accepted into such
programs in such manner and according to such plan as will insofar as
practicable--
(A) provide an equitable distribution of such scholarships
throughout the United States; and
(B) attract recent graduates of secondary schools to enter an
occupation involving the operation and maintenance of treatment
works.
(3) The Administrator shall approve a program of any institution of
higher education for the purposes of this section only upon application
by the institution and only upon his finding--
(A) that such program has a principal objective the education
and training of persons in the operation and maintenance of
treatment works;
(B) that such program is in effect and of high quality, or can
be readily put into effect and may reasonably be expected to be of
high quality;
(C) that the application describes the relation of such program
to any program, activity, research, or development set forth by the
applicant in an application, if any, submitted pursuant to section
1260 of this title; and
(D) that the application contains satisfactory assurances that
(i) the institution will recommend to the Administrator for the
award of scholarships under this section, for study in such program,
only persons who have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
institution a serious intent, upon completing the program, to enter
an occupation involving the operation and maintenance of treatment
works, and (ii) the institution will make reasonable continuing
efforts to encourage recipients of scholarships under this section,
enrolled in such program, to enter occupations involving the
operation and maintenance of treatment works upon completing the
program.
(4)(A) The Administrator shall pay to persons awarded scholarships
under this section such stipends (including such allowances for
subsistence and other expenses for such persons and their dependents) as
he may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under
comparable federally supported programs.
(B) The Administrator shall (in addition to the stipends paid to
persons under paragraph (1)) pay to the institution of higher education
at which such person is pursuing his course of study such amount as he
may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under
comparable federally supported programs.
(5) A person awarded a scholarship under the provisions of this
section shall continue to receive the payments provided in this section
only during such periods as the Administrator finds that he is
maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting full time to study or
research in the field in which such scholarship was awarded in an
institution of higher education, and is not engaging in gainful
employment other than employment approved by the Administrator by or
pursuant to regulation.
(6) The Administrator shall by regulation provide that any person
awarded a scholarship under this section shall agree in writing to enter
and remain in an occupation involving the design, operation, or
maintenance of treatment works for such period after completion of his
course of studies as the Administrator determines appropriate.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, Sec. 111, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 831.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1260, 1262, 1375 of this
title.
