Title 20 — Education
Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries
§ 80e. Congressional declaration of policy
Statutory text
The Congress hereby finds and declares—
that a living institution expressing the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson would be an appropriate memorial to his accomplishments as the twenty-eighth President of the United States, a distinguished scholar, an outstanding university president, and a brilliant advocate of international understanding;
that the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission, created by joint resolution of Congress, recommended that an International Center for Scholars be constructed in the District of Columbia in the area north of the proposed Market Square as part of the Nation’s memorial to Woodrow Wilson;
that such a center, symbolizing and strengthening the fruitful relation between the world of learning and the world of public affairs, would be a suitable memorial to the spirit of Woodrow Wilson; and
that the establishment of such a center would be consonant with the purposes of the Smithsonian Institution, created by Congress in 1846 “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.”
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.
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–637 § 2 · 82 Stat. 1356
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 80e
(Pub. L. 90–637, § 2, Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1357.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 90–637, § 2, Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1357.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. declaration of policy The Congress hereby finds and declares— (1) that a living institution expressing the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson would be an appropriate memorial to his accomplishments as the twenty-eighth President of the United States, a distinguished scholar, an outstanding university president, and a brilliant advocate of international understanding; (2) that the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission, created by joint resolution of Congress, recommended that an International 75 Stat. 783. Center for Scholars be constructed in the District of Columbia in the area north of the proposed Market Square as part of the Nation’s memorial to Woodrow Wilson; (3) that such a center, symbolizing and strengthening the fruitful relation between the world or learning and the world of public affairs, would be a suitable memorial to the spirit of Woodrow Wilson; and (4) that the establishment of such a center would be consonant with the purposes of the Smithsonian Institution, created by Congress in 1846 “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among 9 Stat. 102 men.”
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 90–637, § 1, , 82 Stat. 1356, provided: “That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968’.”