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104 STAT. 2910 PUBLIC LAW 101-589—NOV. 16, 1990 (o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,200,000 for fiscal year 1991. PART D—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 20 USC 5421. SEC. 631. EFFECT OF CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND FELONY CONVICTIONS. (a) GENERAL RULE.— Except as provided in subsection (b), or by a court under the authority of section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4310), if any person is convicted under Federal or State law of the illegal use, possession, or distribution of a controlled substance (as such term is defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or of any crime which is a felony under Federal law or for an act which, if committed in a Federal jurisdiction, would be a felony under Federal law, and such crime was committed during a period in which such person received an award under this title, such person shall not be eligible to receive any further such awards, and shall be liable to the United States for the repa5anent, within 1 year after such conviction, of all amounts received pursuant to such awards, plus the interest on such amounts which would be payable if at the time the amounts were received they were loans bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as of the time of such conviction, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States. (b) EXEMPTION.— A person subject to the provisions of subsection (a) may be exempted from those provisions in whole or in part if— (1) that person, within 90 days of a conviction described in subsection (a), petitions the Secretary of Education for a good cause exemption from subsection (a); and (2) the Secretary of Education approves the petition. 20 USC 5422. SEC. 632. REPORT. The National Science Foundation shall prepare and submit to the Congress no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act a report examining current efforts to improve the quality of elementary and secondary mathematics and science education and career potential for the underprivileged through joint efforts of business, school districts, and institutions of higher education, and recommending ways the Federal Government may encourage such efforts. The report shall include, to the extent possible, a comprehensive list of existing efforts, an assessment of what factors have made some such efforts more successful than others, and a review of the extent to which such efforts have drawn on Federal programs. TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS PART A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 20 USC 5431. SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. From the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation pursuant to the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988, there are authorized to be appropriated—