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in an application approved under paragraph ( 1 ) , 

 to pay part of the compensation of students em- 

 ployed in connection with the operation and main- 

 tenance of treatment works, other than as an 

 employee in connection with the operation and 

 maintenance of treatment works or as an employee 

 in any branch of the Government of the United 

 States, as part of a program for which a grant has 

 been approved pursuant to this section. 



(B) Departments and agencies of the United 

 States are encouraged, to the extent consistent with 

 efficient administration, to enter into arrangements 

 with institutions of higher education for the full- 

 time, part-time, or temporary employment, whether 

 in the competitive or excepted service, of students 

 enrolled in programs set forth in applications ap- 

 proved under paragraph (1). (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 

 title I, § no, as added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, 

 §2,86 Stat. 830.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In sections 1261, 1262 of this 

 title. 



§1261. Scholarships. 



(1) The Administrator is authorized to award 

 scholarships in accordance with the provisions of 

 this section for undergraduate study by persons who 

 plan to enter an occupation involving the operation 

 and maintenance of treatment works. Such scholar- 

 ships shall be awarded for such periods as the Ad- 

 ministrator may determine but not to exceed four 

 academic years. 



(2) The Administrator shall allocate scholarships 

 under this section among institutions of higher 

 education with programs approved under the pro- 

 visions of this section for the use of individuals 

 accepted into such programs in such manner and 

 according to such plan as will insofar as practi- 

 cable — 



(A) provide an equitable distribution of such 

 scholarships throughout the United States: and 



(B) attract recent graduates of secondary 

 schools to enter an occupation involving the op- 

 eration and maintenance of treatment works. 



(3) The Administrator shall approve a program 

 of any institution of higher education for the pur- 

 poses of this section only upon application by the 

 institution and only upon his finding — 



(A) that such program has a principal objective 

 the education and training of persons in the op- 

 eration and maintenance of treatment works; 



(B) that such program is in effect and of high 

 quality, or can be readily put into effect and may 

 reasonably be expected to be of high quality; 



(C) that the application describes the relation 

 of such program to any program, activity, research, 

 or development set forth by the applicant in an 

 application, if any, submitted pursuant to section 

 1260 of this title; and 



(D) that the application contains satisfactory 

 assurances that (i) the institution will recom- 

 mend to the Administrator for the award of 

 scholarships under this section, for study in such 

 program, only persons who have demonstrated 

 to the satisfaction of the institution a serious 

 intent, upon completing the program, to enter an 



occupation involving the operation and mainte- 

 nance of treatment works, and (ii) the institution 

 will make reasonable continuing efforts to encour- 

 age recipients of scholarships under this section, 

 enrolled in such program, to enter occupations 

 involving the operation and maintenance of treat- 

 ment works upon completing the program. 



(4) (A) The Administrator shall pay to persons 

 awarded scholarships under this section such sti- 

 pends (including such allowances for subsistence 

 and other expenses for such persons and their de- 

 pendents) as he may determine to be consistent with 

 prevailing practices under comparable supported 

 programs. 



(B) The Administrator shall (in addition to the 

 stipends paid to persons under paragraph ( 1 ) ) pay 

 to the institution of higher education at which such 

 person is pursuing his course of study such amount 

 as he may determine to be consistent with prevailing 

 practices under comparable federally supported 

 programs. 



(5) A person awarded a scholarship under the 

 provisions of this section shall continue to receive 

 the payments provided in this section only during 

 such periods as the Administrator finds that he is 

 maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting 

 full time to study or research in the field in which 

 such scholarship was awarded in an institution 

 of higher education, and is not engaging in gainful 

 employment other than employment approved by 

 the Administrator by or pursuant to regulation. 



(6) The Administrator shall by regulation provide 

 that any person awarded a scholarship under this 

 section shall agree in writing to enter and remain 

 in an occupation involving the design, operation, or 

 maintenance of treatment works for such period 

 after completion of his course of studies as the Ad- 

 ministrator determines appropriate. (June 30, 1948, 

 ch. 758, title I, § 111. as added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 

 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 831.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In sections 1260, 1262, 1375 

 of this title. 



§ 1262. Definitions and authorizations. 



(a) As used in sections 1259 through 1262 of this 



title— 



(1) The term "institution of higher education" 

 means an educational institution described in the 

 first sentence of section 1141 of Title 20 (other than 

 an institution of any agency of the United States) 

 which is accredited by a nationally recognized ac- 

 crediting agency or association approved by the 

 Administrator for this purpose. For purposes of this 

 subsection, the Administrator shall publish a list 

 of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or as- 

 sociations which he determines to be reliable au- 

 thority as to the quality of training offered. 



(2) The term "academic year" means an academic 

 year or its equivalent, as determined by the Ad- 

 ministor. 



(b) The Administrator shall annually report his 

 activities under sections 1259 through 1262 of this 

 title, including recommendations for needed revi- 

 sions in the provisions thereof. 



