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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§7381r Mentoring Program

Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XIII — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Part B — Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Programs › subpart 6 — administration › § 7381r

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who want careers in science, engineering, and math. Pair mentors with students at specialty science/math schools, Centers of Excellence, and summer institutes. Each year the Secretary must measure how well the program is working and send a report to Congress with the results.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7381r

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
As part of the programs established under subparts 3 and 4, the Director shall establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are interested in careers in science, engineering, and mathematics.
(b)Pairing
The program shall pair mentors with women and minorities who are in programs of study at specialty schools for science and mathematics, Centers of Excellence, and summer institutes established under subparts 3 and 4, respectively.
(c)Program evaluation
The Secretary shall annually—
(1)use metrics to evaluate the success of the programs established under subsection (a); and
(2)submit to Congress a report that describes the results of each evaluation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subparts 3 and 4, referred to in subsec. (b), relate to Centers of Excellence and summer institutes, respectively. Prior to amendment by Pub. L. 111–358, subsec. (b) also contained reference to subpart 1, which related to specialty schools for science and mathematics and was repealed by Pub. L. 111–358, title IX, § 901(c)(1), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4044. See 2011 Amendment note below.

Amendments

2011—Pub. L. 111–358 substituted “subparts 3 and 4” for “subparts 1, 3, and 4” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7381r

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110