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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 42 — Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarships

§ 2004. Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation.

(b)

Board of Trustees; membership

(1)

 1 The Foundation shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees. The Board shall be composed of thirteen members, as follows:

(A)

two Members of the Senate, one from each political party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

(B)

two Members of the House of Representatives, one from each political party, to be appointed by the Speaker;

(C)

eight members, not more than four of whom shall be of the same political party, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom one shall be a chief executive officer of a State, one a chief executive officer of a city or county, one a member of a Federal court, one a member of a State court, one a person active in postsecondary education, and three representatives of the general public; and

(D)

the Secretary of Education or his designate, who shall serve ex officio as a member of the Board, but shall not be eligible to serve as Chairman.

(c)

Term of office

The term of office of each member of the Board shall be six years; except that (1) the members first taking office shall serve as designated by the President, four for terms of two years, five for terms of four years, and four for terms of six years, and (2) any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, and shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for that vacancy was made.

(d)

Compensation

Members of the Board shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act

    Pub. L. 93–642 § 5 · 88 Stat. 2277

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 2004

    Pub. L. 93–642, § 5, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2277

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–642, § 5, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2277

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. establishment of the harry s truman scholarship program (a) There is established, as an independent establishment of Establishment. 20 USC 2004. the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation. (b) (1) The Foundation shall be subject to the supervision and Membership. direction of a Board of Trustees. The Board shall be composed of thirteen members, as follows: (A) two Members of the Senate, one from each political party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (B) two Members of the House of Representatives, one from each political party, to be appointed by the Speaker; (C) eight members, not more than four of whom shall be of the same political party, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom one shall be a chief executive officer of a State, one a chief executive officer of a city or county, one a member of a Federal court, one a member of a State court, one a person active in postsecondary education, and three representatives of the general public; and (D) the Commissioner of Education or his designate, who shall serve ex officio as a member of the Board, but shall not be eligible to serve as Chairman. (c) The term of office of each member of the Board shall be Term. six years; except that (1) the members first taking office shall serve as designated by the President, four for terms of two years, five for terms of four years, and four for terms of six years, and (2) any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, and shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for that vacancy was made. (d) Members of the Board shall serve without pay, but shall be Compensation. entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Education” substituted for “Commissioner of Education” in subsec. (b)(1)(D) pursuant to sections 301(a)(1) and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to sections 3441(a)(1) and 3507 of this title and which transferred functions of Commissioner of Education to Secretary of Education.

Credits

1975–1979 · 2 acts
  1. 1975Pub. L. 93–642, § 5, , 88 Stat. 2277
  2. 1979Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, , 93 Stat. 677, 692.
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(Pub. L. 93–642, § 5, , 88 Stat. 2277; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, , 93 Stat. 677, 692.)

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