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.
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. 2278Enacted 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.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
Show as published
(Pub. L. 93–642, § 8, , 88 Stat. 2278; Pub. L. 99–159, title V, § 501, , 99 Stat. 904.)