20 U.S.C. § 5605 : US Code - Section 5605: Authority of Foundation

Search 20 U.S.C. § 5605 : US Code - Section 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.