EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION ACT OF 1990.

SEC. 1556. EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION ACT OF 1990. (a) Authorization of Appropriation for the National Science Scholars Program.— Subsection (b) of section 601 of the Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5381(b)) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years for awards to National Science Scholars.”. (c) National Academy of Science, Space, and Technology.— Section 621 of the Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5411) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: “(2) Function.— The Advisory Board shall develop an exam for secondary students testing knowledge in science, mathematics, and engineering, or shall select an exam from among existing national exams, and shall annually administer such exam.”; (2) by striking subsections (d), (e). and (f); (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); (4) by inserting after subsection (b), the following new sub section: “(c) Results of Exam.— The Advisory Board shall annually certify the top 10 scorers in each congressional district on the exam developed or selected under subsection (b)(2), and award to the top scorer in each district a scholarship under this section.”; 106 STAT. 841 (5) in subsection (d)(l), as so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking “subsection (n)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (1)”; (6) in subsection (d)(2), as so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking “subsection (h)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (f)”; (7) in subsection (d)(3), as so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section— (A) by striking “subsection (h)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (f)”; and (B) by inserting “such additional” after “maximum of 3”; (8) by redesignating subsections (g) through (o) as subsections (e) through (m), respectively; (9) in subsection (f)(2), as so redesignated by paragraph (8) of this section, by striking “subsection (f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (d)(3)”; and (10) in subsection (m), as so redesignated by paragraph (8) of this section, by striking “$2,200,000 for fiscal year 1991” and inserting in lieu thereof “$2,200,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years”.