amendments to title iv—national defense fellowships

amendments to title iv—national defense fellowships Sec. 24. (a) Section 402 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by striking out “five succeeding fiscal years” and inserting in lieu thereof “six succeeding fiscal years”. (b) Such section is further amended by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 402.”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) In addition to the number of fellowships authorized to be awarded by subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to awai’d 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 awarded 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.” (c) Subsection (b) of section 404 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows: “(b) In addition to the amounts paid to persons pursuant to subsection (a) there shall be paid to the institution of higher education at which each such person is pursuing his course of study $2,500 per academic year, less any amount charged such person for tuition.”