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Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102

§1326 Fellowship Conditions

Title 30 › CHAPTER 25 — SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › SUBCHAPTER IX — ENERGY RESOURCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS › § 1326

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who get a fellowship under this subchapter will only keep receiving the payments in section 1324(a) while the Secretary of Energy finds they are keeping up their skills and working almost full time in the field of the fellowship at a college or other approved research place, and are not doing paid work except approved part-time teaching, research, or similar duties. The Secretary of Energy must require regular reports in the form and at the times he sets. Each report must include a certificate from an appropriate official at the approved college, library, archive, or research center saying the fellow is making satisfactory progress and working almost full time on the research.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1326

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(a)A person awarded a fellowship under the provisions of this subchapter shall continue to receive the payments provided in section 1324(a) of this title only during such periods as the Secretary of Energy finds that he is maintaining satisfactory proficiency in, and devoting essentially full time to, study or research in the field in which such fellowship was awarded, in an institution of higher education, and is not engaging in gainful employment other than part-time employment in teaching, research, or similar activities, approved by the Secretary of Energy.
(b)The Secretary of Energy shall require reports containing such information in such forms and to be filed at such times as he determines necessary from each person awarded a fellowship under the provisions of this subchapter. Such reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the institution of higher education, library, archive, or other research center approved by the Secretary of Energy, stating that such person is making satisfactory progress in, and is devoting essentially full time to the research for which the fellowship was awarded.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of Energy Research and Development Administration, pursuant to section 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to section 7151(a), 7293, 7297 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and which terminated Energy Research and Development Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1326

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102