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 124 STAT. 34 PUBLIC LAW 111–140—FEB. 16, 2010 colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions, and Hawaiian Native-serving institutions; and ‘‘(C) shall— ‘‘(i) provide for the selection of individuals to receive scholarships or fellowships under this section through a competitive process primarily on the basis of academic merit and the nuclear forensics and attribution needs of the United States Government; ‘‘(ii) provide for the setting aside of up to 10 percent of the scholarships or fellowships awarded under this section for individuals who are Federal employees to enhance the education of such employees in areas of critical nuclear forensics and attribution needs of the United States Government, for doctoral education under the scholarship on a full-time or part-time basis; ‘‘(iii) provide that the Secretary may enter into a contractual agreement with an institution of higher education under which the amounts provided for a scholarship under this section for tuition, fees, and other authorized expenses are paid directly to the institution with respect to which such scholarship is awarded; ‘‘(iv) require scholarship recipients to maintain satisfactory academic progress; and ‘‘(v) require that— ‘‘(I) a scholarship recipient who fails to main- tain a high level of academic standing, as defined by the Secretary, who is dismissed for disciplinary reasons from the educational institution such recipient is attending, or who voluntarily termi- nates academic training before graduation from the educational program for which the scholarship was awarded shall be liable to the United States for repayment within 1 year after the date of such default of all scholarship funds paid to such recipient and to the institution of higher education on the behalf of such recipient, provided that the repayment period may be extended by the Sec- retary if the Secretary determines it necessary, as established by regulation; and ‘‘(II) a scholarship recipient who, for any rea- son except death or disability, fails to begin or complete the post-doctoral service requirements in a technical nuclear forensics-related specialty at a national laboratory or appropriate Federal agency after completion of academic training shall be liable to the United States for an amount equal to— ‘‘(aa) the total amount of the scholarship received by such recipient under this section; and ‘‘(bb) the interest on such amounts which would be payable if at the time the scholarship was received such scholarship was a loan