Pub. L. 101-165, tit. IX, sec. 9096

Sec. 9096. (a) Of the amounts available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1990, not less than $10,500,000 shall be available for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships to be awarded on a competitive basis by the Secretary of Defense to United States citizens or nationals pursuing advanced degrees in fields of primary concern and interest to the Department. (b) Fellowships awarded pursuant to subsection (a) above shall not be restricted on the basis of the geographical locations in the United States of the institutions at which the recipients are pursuing the aforementioned advanced degrees. (c) Not less than 50 per centum of the funds necessary to carry out this section shall be derived from the amounts available for the University Research Initiatives Program in “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Agencies”, and the balance necessary shall be derived from amounts available for Defense Research Sciences under title IV of this Act.