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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 42 — Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarships

§ 2007. Stipends

Statutory text

Each student awarded a scholarship under this chapter shall receive a stipend which shall not exceed the cost to such student for tuition, fees, books, room and board, or $10,000 (adjusted annually to reflect increases, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) whichever is less for each academic year of study.

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 § 8 · 88 Stat. 2277

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 2007

    Pub. L. 93–642, § 8, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2278

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–642, § 8, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2278

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 8. stipends Each student awarded a scholarship under this Act shall 20 USC 2007. receive a stipend which shall not exceed the cost to such student for tuition, fees, books, room and board, or $5,000 whichever is less for each academic year of study.

  2. National Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Authorization Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–159 title V § 501 · 99 Stat. 887

    Changed · 20 U.S.C. § 2007

    Pub. L. 99–159 increased amount from $5,000 to $10,000 with provision for annual adjustments

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–159 increased amount from $5,000 to $10,000 with provision for annual adjustments.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 501. program amendment Section 8 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship 20 USC 2007. Act is amended by striking out “$5,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$10,000 (adjusted annually to reflect increases, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics)”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1985—Pub. L. 99–159 increased amount from $5,000 to $10,000 with provision for annual adjustments.

Credits

1975–1985 · 2 acts
  1. 1975Pub. L. 93–642, § 8, , 88 Stat. 2278
  2. 1985Pub. L. 99–159, title V, § 501, , 99 Stat. 904.
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(Pub. L. 93–642, § 8, , 88 Stat. 2278; Pub. L. 99–159, title V, § 501, , 99 Stat. 904.)

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