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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

[86 STAT.

as determined by the Coniiiiissioner, that is paid from sums received (other than under this part) as Federal financial assistance; or '"(B) for sectarian instruction or religious worship, or primarily in connection with any p a i t of the program of a school or de]>artment of divinity. "KKSEAKCH A N D STVDIES

"SKC. 904. The Commissioner is authorized, directly or by contract, ro conduct studies and research activities in coioiection with the need for, and improvement of, graduate programs in various fields of study in institutions of higher education throughout the United States. "PART 1^—(TKADI AJT-: FELLOWSHIPS FOR (3ARF:ERS IN P(>S'J\SE('XI)ARY EDUCATION "AITROPRIATIONS AVTJIORIZED

921. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this pait. •'SEC.

•'NUMBER or FELLOWSHIPS

922. (a) During the fiscal year ending June 80, 1973, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years, the Commissioner is authorized C award not to exceed seven thousand five hundred fellowships to be O used for study in graduate programs at institutions of higher" education. Such fellowships may be awarded for such period of study as the Commissioner may determine, but not in excess of three academic years, except (1) that where a fellowship holder pursues his studies as a regularly enrolled student at the institution during periods outside the regular sessions of the graduate program of the institution, a fellowship may be awarded for a period not in excess of three calendar years, and (2) that the Commissioner may provide by regulation for- the granting of such fellowships for a period of study not to exceed one academic year (or one calendar year in the case of fellowships to which clause (1) applies) in addition to the maximum period otherwise applicable, under special circumstances in which the purposes of this part would most effectively be served thereby. "(b) I n addition to the number of fellowships authorized to be awarded by subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to award fellowships equal to the number previously awarded during any fiscal year under this section but vacated prior to the end of the period for which they were awarded; except that each fellowship awar-ded under- this subsection shall be for such period of study, not in excess of the remainder of the period for which the fellowship which it replaces was awarded, as the Commissioner may determine. ••SEC.

• ' A W A R D OF F E L L O W S H I P S A N D APPROVAL OF INSTITUTIONS •'C-. 'SEC.

923. (a) Of the total number of fellowships authorized by section 922(a) to be awarded during a fiscal year (1) not less than onethird shall be awarded to individuals accepted for study in graduate programs approved by the Commissioner under this section, and (2) the remainder shall be awarded on such bases as he may determine, subject to the provisions of subsection (c). The Commissioner shall approve a graduate program of an institution of higher education only upon application by the institution and only upon his finding that the

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