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PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1843 SEC. 3166. EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS 42 USC 7381c. (a) EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary may authorize each Department research and development facility, to the extent practicable and consistent with the provisions of the laboratory's management and operating contract, to enter into education partnership agreements with educational institutions in the United States (including local educational agencies, colleges, and universities) for the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. 0?) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Under a partnership agreement entered into with an educational institution under subsection (a) and as authorized by the Secretary, a Department research and development facility may provide assistance to the educational institution by- (1) loaning equipment to the institution; (2) transferring to the institution equipment determined by the director of the Department research and development facility to be surplus; (3) making personnel of Department research and development facilities available to teach science courses or to assist in the development of science courses and materials for the institution; (4) involving faculty and students of the institution in research programs of Department research and development facilities; (5) cooperating with the institution in developing a program under which students may be given academic credit for work on research projects of Department research and development facilities; and (6) providing academic and career advice and assistance to students of the institution. SEC. 3167. DEFINITIONS 42 USC 7381d. In this part: (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy. (2) The term "Department" means the Department of Energy. (3) The term "Department research and development facilities" means all Department of Energy single-purpose and multipurpose National Laboratories and research and development facilities and programs, and any other facility or program operated by a contractor funded from the Office of Energy Research of the Department of Energy. (4) The term "local educational agency" has the meaning given that term by section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)). SEC. 3168. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 42 USC 7381e. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out university research support and other science, mathematics, and engineering education programs authorized by this part and administered by the Office of Energy Research of the Department of Energy, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1991.