Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation
§ 1880. National Medal of Science
Statutory text
There is established a National Medal of Science (hereinafter referred to as the “medal”), which shall be of such design and materials and bear such inscriptions as the President, on the basis of recommendations submitted by the National Science Foundation, may prescribe, and shall be awarded as provided in section 1881 of this title.
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.
Pub. L. 86–209 § 1 · 73 Stat. 431
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1880
(Pub. L. 86–209, § 1, Aug. 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 431.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–209, § 1, Aug. 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 431.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) is a citizen or other national of the United States; or
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.