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# 42 U.S.C. § 7382a - Purpose; designation

## Text

(a) Purpose The purpose of this subchapter is to establish within the Department of Energy a national fellowship program for elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers.

(b) Designation A recipient of a fellowship under this subchapter shall be known as an “Albert Einstein Fellow”.

(Pub. L. 103–382, title V, § 513, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4042.)