FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS CRITICAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX.

SEC. 3162. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS CRITICAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX. (a) In General.—Subsection (a) of section 3140 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 621; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note) is amended— (1) by striking “the Secretary” in the second sentence and all that follows through “provide educational assistance” and inserting “the Secretary shall provide educational assistance”; (2) by striking the semicolon after “complex” in the second sentence and inserting a period; and (3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). (b) Eligible Individuals.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by inserting “are United States citizens who” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) after “program”. (c) Covered Facilities.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(5) The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. “(6) The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. “(7) The Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.”. (d) Agreement Required.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(f) Agreement.—(1) The Secretary may allow an individual to participate in the program only if the individual signs an agreement described in paragraph (2). “(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be in writing, shall be signed by the participant, and shall include the participant’s agreement to serve, after completion of the course of study for which the assistance was provided, as a full-time employee in a position in the Department of Energy for a period of time to be established by the Secretary of Energy of not less than one year, if such a position is offered to the participant.”.113 STAT. 944 (e) Plan.—(1) Not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the administration of the fellowship program under section 3140 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note), as amended by this section. (2) The plan shall include the criteria for the selection of individuals for participation in such fellowship program and a description of the provisions to be included in the agreement required by subsection (f) of such section (as amended by this section), including the period of time established by the Secretary for the participants to serve as employees. (f) Funding.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant to section 3101, $5,000,000 shall be available only to conduct the fellowship program under section 3140 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note), as amended by this section.