§3508 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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The President can give up to 20 fellowships each year. Each fellowship can last up to 2 years and can be renewed for another up to 2 years. Fellows are chosen for work in scientific, technical, economic, or social areas the Institute focuses on. The President, with advice from the Council, sets the rules and must pick people from many different fields and backgrounds. Up to 10 of the yearly awards may go to non‑U.S. citizens. People who get them are called Institute Fellows. The President can send Fellows to work in the United States or abroad to help the Institute’s goals. The President decides how much each award pays, but it cannot be more than the top pay rate under 5 U.S.C. 5332. The President can also pay for travel, housing when working outside one’s home country, daily living costs or per diem, and health or accident insurance for Fellows and their dependents while they do Institute work. Fellows are not regular Government employees, but they are treated as employees for injury compensation under chapter 81 of title 5 and for tort claims under chapter 171 of title 28. U.S. citizen Fellows are treated as Government employees for sections 202, 203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of title 18. Non‑U.S. participants and their dependents may be allowed into the United States as nonimmigrants under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15), under rules set by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.

Title 22, §3508

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(a)The President is authorized to award up to twenty fellowships annually for periods up to two years, such awards to be renewable for an additional period not to exceed two years, to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional competence and ability in the fields of scientific, technological, economic, or social endeavor selected by the Institute for concentration. The awards shall be made so as to encompass a wide diversity of disciplines and backgrounds, and shall be made on the basis of criteria established by the President upon the advice of the Council. Up to ten of the awards in any year may be made to citizens of countries other than the United States. Individuals awarded fellowships shall be designated as Institute Fellows.

(b)The President may assign Institute Fellows to undertake such activities, in the United States or abroad, as will further the purposes of the Institute.

(c)The amount of the awards made pursuant to this section shall be established by the President, but shall not in any case exceed the highest rate which may be paid to an employee under the General Schedule established by section 5332 of title 5. In addition, where appropriate, the President may make provisions for transportation, housing (when assigned outside country of residence), subsistence (or per diem in lieu thereof), and health care or health or accident insurance for Institute Fellows and their dependents while engaged in activities authorized by this chapter.

(d)Except as provided otherwise in this section, Institute Fellows shall not be deemed employees or otherwise in the service or employment of the United States Government. Institute Fellows shall be considered employees for purposes of compensation of injuries under chapter 81 of title 5 and the tort claim provisions of chapter 171 of title 28. In addition, Institute Fellows who are United States citizens shall be considered Government employees for purposes of section 202, 203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of title 18.

(e)Alien participants in any program of the Institute, including Institute Fellows and their dependents, may be admitted to the United States, if otherwise qualified as non-immigrants under section 1101(a)(15) of title 8, for such time and under such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 96–53, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 371, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Tables.

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Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) of Pub. L. 96–53, set out as an

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of 1979 Amendment note under section 2151 of this title. Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

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For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

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, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay RatesReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.

§3508 Fellowships

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Title 22, §3508

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