,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself1 ,ms4         
,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,faleomavaega1 and ,mrs4
 ,christensen7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to encourage students from     
,american ,samoa1 the ,commonwealth of  
the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1 
and the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands
 to become civically engaged through    
local and ,federal ,government          
fellowships4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be referred to as the ,dr4     
,rita ,hocog ,inos ,territorial         
,fellowship ,act4  #b4 ,fellowship      
program for students from ,american     
,samoa1 the ,commonwealth of the        
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1 and 
the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands    
7a7 ,establishment of fellowship program
 ,to encourage civic engagement among   
students from ,american ,samoa1 the     

,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 ,guam1 and the ,united ,states
 ,virgin ,islands1 the ,secretary of the
 ,interior shall carry out a program1 to
 be known as the ,dr4 ,rita ,hocog ,inos
 ,territorial ,fellowship ,program1 to  
award local and ,federal ,government    
fellowships to qualified students from  
those territories1 subject to the       
availability of amounts described in    
subsection 7i74  7b7 ,types of          
fellowship ,the fellowships that may be 
awarded under the program are as        
follows3  7#a7 ,a local government      
fellowship with a cooperating agency or 
entity of the territory in which the    
qualified student is domiciled4  7#b7 ,a
 ,federal ,government fellowship with a 
cooperating--  7,a7 ,executive agency   
7as defined in section #aje of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code72 or  7,b7 office
 of a ,representative or ,senator in1 or
 a ,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner 
to1 the ,congress4  7c7 ,qualified      
student ,for purposes of this section1  

the term qualified student means a      
student who is--  7#a7 a citizen of the 
,united ,states2  7#b7 domiciled in     
,american ,samoa1 the ,commonwealth of  
the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1 
or the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands2
 and  7#c7 enrolled in a degree or      
certificate program at an institution of
 higher education 7as defined in section
 #aja of the ,higher ,education ,act of 
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja774  7d7 ,term
 of fellowship ,the term of a fellowship
 under the program shall be an academic 
semester or a summer1 as designated by  
the ,secretary4  7e7 ,fellowship award  
7#a7 ,in general ,under the program1 a  
fellowship award shall consist of either
 a stipend described in paragraph 7#b7  
or academic credit toward graduation4   
,such award may also include a travel   
stipend of not more than #a1ejj for each
 fellowship term1 based on the distance 
of the student awarded the fellowship   
from the site of the fellowship4  7#b7  
,stipend ,subject to paragraph 7#c71 a  

stipend described in this paragraph is  
as follows3  7,a7 #f1jjj for an academic
 semester fellowship4  7,b7 #d1jjj for a
 summer fellowship4  7#c7 ,fiscal years 
after #bjac ,in the case of any fiscal  
year beginning after ,september #cj1    
#bjac1 each dollar amount in paragraph  
7#b7 shall be such dollar amount in     
effect for the preceding fiscal year1   
increased by the sum of--  7,a7 the     
percentage of the dollar amount in      
effect for such preceding fiscal year   
that is equal to the percentage 7if any7
 by which--  7i7 the ,consumer ,price   
,index for the most recent calendar year
 ending prior to the beginning of the   
fiscal year1 exceeds  7ii7 the ,consumer
 ,price ,index for the next previous    
calendar year2 plus  7,b7 one percent of
 the dollar amount in effect for such   
previous year4  7f7 ,application and    
selection  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary shall develop and administer 
an application and selection process for
 awarding a fellowship under the        

program4  7#b7 ,priority ,in awarding a 
fellowship under the program1 the       
,secretary shall give priority to a     
qualified student who has already       
completed one such fellowship4  7#c7    
,limitation on number of fellowships    
awarded to each student ,under the      
program1 a qualified student may be     
awarded no more than--  7,a7 one local  
government fellowship2 and  7,b7 one    
,federal ,government fellowship4  7g7   
,reporting ,the ,secretary shall submit 
to ,congress1 not later than #c years   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 a report on the ,dr4 ,rita ,hocog 
,inos ,territorial ,fellowship ,program4
 ,the report shall include information  
on--  7#a7 the use of funds appropriated
 for the purpose of carrying out the    
program2 and  7#b7 barriers to          
participation in the program4  7h7      
,other definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,the term ,consumer ,price ,index  
means the ,consumer ,price ,index for   
,all ,urban ,consumers published by the 

,department of ,labor4  7#b7 ,the term  
program means the ,dr4 ,rita ,hocog     
,inos ,territorial ,fellowship ,program4
  7#c7 ,the term ,secretary means the   
,secretary of the ,interior4  7i7       
,funding ,to carry out the fellowship   
program1 the ,secretary may use amounts 
appropriated to the ,department of the  
,interior for technical assistance to   
territories under the heading assistance
 to territories in an appropriation ,act
 for the ,department of the ,interior   
for fiscal year #bjac or any subsequent 
fiscal year4 ,the ,secretary may use no 
other amounts for such purpose4