estimated to be necessary for making payments to individuals who have previously been awarded scholarships under this title. Scholarships awarded under this title shall be known as 'national defense scholarships'.

"AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS

"SEC. 112. (a) Persons awarded scholarships under this title shall be paid $100 during each academic year of the scholarships' duration as provided in section 113, and each shall be given an appropriate certificate in recognition of his achievement. Any such person who is determined by the State commission, in accordance with the provisions of the State plan referred to in section 116(a) (3), to need additional financial assistance to continue his education at an institution of higher education, shall be paid an additional amount, not to exceed $900, during each such year based on his financial need, such amount to be determined in accordance with such provisions.

"(b) The Commissioner shall by regulation, prescribed after consultation with the other Federal agency or agencies concerned, provide for such adjustment (including, where appropriate, total withholding) of scholarship payments under this title as may be necessary to avoid duplication of educational assistance received under programs administered by such agencies.

"DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS

"SEC. 113. The duration of a national defense scholarship awarded under this title shall be a period of time not in excess of four academic years, as defined in regulations of the Commissioner, or, subject to regulations of the Commissioner, such longer period as is normally required to complete the undergraduate curriculum which the recipient is pursuing; but in no event shall the duration extend beyond the completion by the recipient of the work for his first bachelor's degree. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, a scholarship awarded under this title shall entitle the recipient to payments for such period only if the Commissioner finds that he (1) devotes essentially full time to educational work leading to a bachelor's degree, during the academic year, in attendance at an institution of higher education, and (2) is maintaining satisfactory proficiency in the course of study which he is pursuing, according to the regularly prescribed standards and practices of the institution which he is attending.

"SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS

"SEC. 114. (a) An individual shall be eligible to compete in any State for a national defense scholarship if he (1) is a resident of the State; (2) makes application in accordance with such rules as the State commission for such State may establish; and (3) is not, and has not been, enrolled in any course of study beyond the secondary school level.

"(b) From among those competing for national defense scholarships for each fiscal year, each State commission, within the amount allotted to it for scholarships under section 115 (a), shall select persons who are to be awarded such scholarships during such year. Each State commission shall select persons to be awarded such scholarships in accordance with objective competitive tests and other measures of aptitude and ability to pursue successfully at an institution of higher education a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.

"(c) The Commissioner shall award a national defense scholarship to each person with respect to whom he receives a certification from a State commission that such person

"(1) has been selected for a national defense scholarship under the provisions of this section;

"(2) has been accepted for enrollment by an institution of higher education; and

"(3) (A) holds a certificate of graduation, based on completion of the twelfth grade, from any secondary school whose graduates meet the requirements established by the State in which such school is located for graduation from secondary schools accredited by such State, or (B) in the case of anindividual who does not hold such a certificate, is determined by such State commission to have attained a level of advancement generally accepted as constituting the equivalent of that required for graduation from such a secondary school.

"ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

"SEC. 115. The sum appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to the first sentence of section 111 shall be allotted by the Commissioner among the States as follows: Each State shall be allotted an amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate sum being allotted as the number of secondary school graduates in such State bears to the total number of secondary school graduates in all States during the most recent school year for which reliable figures are available.

"STATE SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSIONS; STATE PLANS

"SEC. 116. (a) Any State desiring to participate in the scholarship program under this title may do so by establishing a State commission on scholarships, or by designating an existing agency of the State to serve as the State commission on scholarships, and by submitting to the Commissioner, through such commission, a State plan which meets the requirements of section 1004 (a) and—

"(1) provides for the determination, in accordance with the provisions of section 114, of eligibility to compete for national defense scholarships, for the selection, in accordance with such provisions, of persons to be awarded such scholarships out of the State's allotment, and for certification of such persons to the Commissioner; and

"(2) provides (A) for the annual determination of the additional amounts to be awarded persons in need thereof under section 102 in accordance with standards, procedures, and criteria established by the State commission, which the Commissioner finds provides reasonable assurance (i) that the additional amount will be based on the individual's need for financial assistance to continue his education at an institution of higher education, such need to be determined without regard to tuition, fees, and other expenses of attendance at the institution of higher education chosen by the individual, and (ii) that the maximum additional amount allowable under the plan shall be $900, and (B) for the annual certification, of each such additional amount and the person to whom it it to be paid, to the Commissioner.

"(b) The Commissioner shall approve any State plan which complies with the conditions specified in subsection (a).

"PAYMENTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

"SEC. 117. The Commissioner shall make payments to each institution of higher education in the States on account of the attendance at such institution of each person who has a national defense scholarship. Such payments shall be made at the rate of $350 per academic year for each academic year or portion thereof of attendance by such person within the duration of such scholarship.

"ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF STATE COMMISSIONS

"SEC. 118. The Commissioner shall pay to each State one-half the amount he determines to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan (including expenses which the Commissioner determines were necessary for the preparation of the State plan approved under this title, and expenses in contracting for the services of public or private merit or aptitude testing organizations which are approved by the Commissioner).”

SEC. 2. Section 1004 (a)(1) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof a comma and the following: "in the case of a plan submitted under title I A, that the State commission on scholarships will be the sole agency for administering the plan”.

[S. 1228, 87th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend the National Defense Education Act of 1958 in order to extend for five years the assistance provided under the provisions of such Act, and to make certain changes in such provisions

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Defense Education Act Amendments of 1960".

SEC. 2. Title II of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") is amended as follows:

(1) In section 201, strike out "and such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963" and insert in lieu thereof "and each of the five succeeding fiscal years, and such sums for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1968”, and strike out "July 1, 1962” and insert in lieu thereof “July 1, 1967";

(2) In section 202 strike out "1962" wherever appearing therein and insert in lieu thereof "1967":

(3) In section 203 (b) strike out "$250,000" and insert in licu thereof "$500,000";

(4) In section 205(b) (3) strike out "public elementary or secondary school in a State" and insert in lieu thereof "public or other nonprofit elementary or secondary school in a State or in an institution of higher education"; and

(5) In section 206 strike out "1966" wherever appearing therein and insert in lieu thereof "1971".

SEC. 3. Title III of the Act is amended as follows:

(1) In the title after "MATHEMATICS," insert "HISTORY, ENGLISH,”; (2) In section 301 strike out "three succeeding fiscal years" wherever appearing therein and insert in lieu thereof "eight succeeding fiscal years"; (3) In section 301, 303 (a) (1), and 303(a)(5) after "mathematics," insert "history. English,'

(4) In section 302(a)(2) strike out the last two sentences and insert in lieu thereof "The allotment ratios shall be promulgated by the Commissioner as soon as possible after enactment of this Act, again between July 1 and August 31 of the year 1959, again between July 1 and August 31 of the year 1961, again between July 1 and August 31 of the year 1963, and again between July 1 and August 31 of the year 1965, on the basis of the average of the incomes per child of school age for the States and for the United States for the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. The first such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1, 1958, and ending June 30, 1960, the second shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1, 1960, and ending June 30, 1962, the third shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1, 1962, and ending June 30, 1964, the fourth shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1, 1964, and ending June 30, 1966, and the fifth shall be conclusive for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967." ;

(5) In section 304 (b) strike out "two succeeding fiscal years" and insert in lieu thereof "seven succeeding fiscal years";

(6) In section 305 (a) after the period at the end thereof insert "any amount from the allotment of any State or States not committed, prior to such date in the fiscal year as is established by the Commissioner, for loan under the provisions of this section shall be reallotted under such provisions among the remaining States."; and

(7) In section 305 (b) (3) strike out "month" and insert in lieu thereof "fiscal year".

SEC. 4. Title IV of the Act is amended as follows:

(1) Strike out section 402 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS

"SEC. 402. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, the Commissioner is authorized to award one thousand fellowships under the provisions of this title, during each of the three succeeding fiscal years in the period ending June 30, 1962, he is authorized to award one thousand five hundred such fellowships, and during each of the five succeeding fiscal years he is authorized to award three thousand such fellowships. Such fellowships shall be for periods of study not in excess of three academic years, except that five hundred of such fellowships awarded in each of such five succeeding fiscal years shall be for periods of study not in excess of one academic year needed to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree. In the case of any such fellowship not used for the full time for which it was awarded, the Commissioner may re-award such fellowship for the period of time not used."; and

(2) Strike out subsection (b) of section 404 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "(b) In addition to the amounts paid to persons pursuant to subsection (a) the Commissioner shall make payments to the institution of higher education

at which each such person is pursuing his course of study. Such payments shall be made at the rate of $2,500 per academic year for each academic year or portion thereof of attendance by such person within the duration of such fellowship."

SEC. 5. Title V of the Act is amended as follows:

(1) In section 501 after "succeeding fiscal years" insert "in the period ending June 30, 1962, and $20,000,000 for each of the five succeeding fiscal years";

(2) In section 504 strike out "two succeeding fiscal years" and insert in lieu thereof "seven succeeding fiscal years", and strike out "three succeeding fiscal years" and insert in lieu thereof "eight succeeding fiscal years"; and

(3) In section 511 strike out "three succeeding fiscal years" and insert in lieu thereof "eight succeeding fiscal years", and insert "or other nonprofit" after “public”.

SEC. 6. Title VI of the Act is amended as follows:

(1) In section 601 strike out "1962" wherever appearing therein and insert in lieu thereof "1967"; and

(2) Strike out section 611 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"AUTHORIZATION

"SEC. 611. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $7,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and each of the eight succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Commissioner to arrange, through contracts with institutions of higher education, for the operation by them of short-term or regular session institutes for advance training, particularly in the use of new teaching methods and instructional materials, for individuals who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training teachers, of any modern language in elementary or secondary schools or any modern foreign language in institutions of higher education. Each individual (engaged, or preparing to engage, in such teaching, or such supervising or training of teachers, in a public or other nonprofit elementary or secondary school or in an institution of higher education) who attends an institute operated under the provisions of this part shall be eligible (after application therefor) to receive a stipend at the rate of $75 per week for the period of his attendance at such institute, and each such individual with one or more dependents shall receive an additional stipend at the rate of $15 per week for each such dependent for the period of such attendance."

SEC. 7. Title VII of the Act is amended by striking out in section 763 “and the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the three succeeding fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the three succeeding fiscal years in the period ending June 30, 1962, and the sum of $10,000,000 for each of the five succeeding fiscal years".

SEC. 8. (a) Title VIII of the Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section as follows:

"VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDY

"SEC. 803. The Secretary shall appoint an Advisory Committee on Vocational Education composed of such number of experts in such fields as the Secretary deems appropriate for the purposes of this section. Such committee shall make a full and complete investigation and study of the Federal laws with respect to vocational education and the manpower needs of the United States in the years ahead for the purpose of determining what changes should be made in such laws in order to prepare for such needs. The committee shall report the results of its investigation and study, including recommendations for necessary legislation, to the Secretary and the Congress as soon as practicable. The provisions of the last sentence of section 1002 and the provisions of section 1003 of this Act shall apply to the members of such committee."

(b) Section 301 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (20 U.S.C. 15aaa) is amended by striking out "three succeeding fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "eight succeeding fiscal years".

SEC. 9. Title X of the Act is amended as follows:

(1) Strike out section 1001 (f) and insert in lieu thereof the following: "(f) No part of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for expenditure under authority of this Act shall be used to make payments or loans

to any individual unless such individual has taken and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in the following form: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all its enemies, foreign and domestic.""; and

(2) In section 1009 (a) strike out "three succeeding fiscal years" and insert in lieu thereof "eight succeeding fiscal years".

SEC. 10. The amendments made by this Act shall be effective after June 30, 1962.

[S. 1271, 87th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To authorize_certain benefits under the provisions of titles II, V, and VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for teachers in private nonprofit schools

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 205 (b)(3), 511, and 611 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 are amended by inserting before the word "public" the following: "private nonprofit or".

[S. 1411, 87th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend the National Defense Education Act

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1001 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by striking out subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(f) No part of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for expenditure under authority of this Act shall be used to make payments or loans to any individual unless such individual has taken and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in the following form: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all its enemies, foreign and domestic." "

[S. 1726, 87th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To extend and improve the National Defense Education Act, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Defense Education Act Amendments of 1961".

AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 103 of such Act (relating to definition of "State") is amended by inserting "American Samoa," after "Guam," each time it appears therein.

(b) Subsection (h) of such section (relating to definition of "secondary school") is amended by striking out the second sentence thereof.

(c) Subsection (i) of such section (relating to definition of "public") is amended by striking out "does not include", and inserting in lieu thereof "includes".

(d) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(e) The term 'Office' means the Office of Education."

AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II (LOANS TO STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS OF

HIGHER EDUCATION)

SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 201 of the National Defense Education Act (relating to authorization of appropriations) is amended by striking out "$90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and each of the three succeeding fiscal years as may be necessary to enable students who have received a loan for any school year ending prior to July 1, 1962, to continue or complete their education" and