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Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act
20 U.S.C. § 2001 : US Code – Section 2001: Congressional statement of findings
This description of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act tracks the language of the U.S. Code, except that, sometimes, we use plain English and that we may refer to the “Act” (meaning Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act) rather than to the “subchapter” or the “title” of the United States Code.
U.S. Code Citation
U.S. Code Section and Head
- United States Code – Section 2001
- Head of the Section:
Congressional statement of findings
Text of the Section
The Congress finds that – because a high regard for the public trust and a lively exercise of political talents were outstanding characteristics of the thirty-third President of the United States; because a special interest of the man from Independence in American history and a broad knowledge and understanding of the American political and economic system gained by study and experience in county and National Government culminated in the leadership of America remembered for the quality of his character, courage, and commonsense; because of the desirability of encouraging young people to recognize and provide service in the highest and best traditions of the American political system at all levels of government, it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S Truman through the creation of a perpetual education scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service.
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act
Act Details
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1974-05-30 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 93 United States Congress by William Symington in relation with: Education, Monuments and memorials, Scholarships, Students, Truman Administration.
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act became law (1) in the United States on 1975-01-04
It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Senate Labor and Public Welfare (SSHR)
House Education and Labor (HSED)
Sponsor
William Symington, Democrat, Senator from Missouri
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
James George Abourezk, Democrat, Senator, from South Dakota
Howard Henry Baker, Republican, Senator, from Tennessee, district 2
Birch Evans Bayh, Democrat, Senator, from Indiana
James Glenn Beall, Republican, Senator, from Maryland
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Democrat, Senator, from Texas
Alan Harvey Bible, Democrat, Senator, from Nevada
Joseph Robinette Biden, Democrat, Senator, from Delaware
Edward William Brooke, Republican, Senator, from Massachusetts
Quentin Northrup Burdick, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Harry Byrd, Senator, from Virginia
Robert Byrd, Senator, from West Virginia
Howard Cannon, Senator, from Nevada
Lawton Chiles, Senator, from Florida
Richard Clark, Democrat, Senator, from Iowa
Marlow Webster Cook, Republican, Senator, from Kentucky
Norris H. Cotton, Republican, Senator, from New Hampshire
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Pete Domenici, Senator, from New Mexico
Peter Hoyt Dominick, Republican, Senator, from Colorado
James Oliver Eastland, Democrat, Senator, from Mississippi
Samuel James Ervin, Democrat, Senator, from North Carolina
Barry Goldwater, Senator, from Arizona
Mike Gravel, Senator, from Alaska
Clifford Peter Hansen, Republican, Senator, from Wyoming
Philip Hart, Senator, from Michigan
Rupert Vance Hartke, Democrat, Senator, from Indiana
Floyd Kirk Haskell, Democrat, Senator, from Colorado
Mark Odom Hatfield, Republican, Senator, from Oregon
William Dodd Hathaway, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Walter Darlington Huddleston, Democrat, Senator, from Kentucky
Harold Hughes, Senator, from Iowa
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Democrat, Senator, from Minnesota
Daniel Ken Inouye, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
Henry Jackson, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Jacob Koppel Javits, Republican, Senator, from New York
John Bennett Johnston, Democrat, Senator, from Louisiana
Edward Kennedy, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
Warren Grant Magnuson, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Michael Mansfield, Democrat, Senator, from Montana
Charles Mccurdy Mathias, Republican, Senator, from Maryland
Gale William Mcgee, Democrat, Senator, from Wyoming
George Stanley Mcgovern, Democrat, Senator, from South Dakota
Thomas James Mcintyre, Democrat, Senator, from New Hampshire
Lee Warren Metcalf, Democrat, Senator, from Montana
Howard Morton Metzenbaum, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
Walter Mondale, Senator, from Minnesota
Frank Moss, Democrat, Senator, from Utah
Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Gaylord Anton Nelson, Democrat, Senator, from Wisconsin
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
John Orlando Pastore, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
James Blackwood Pearson, Republican, Senator, from Kansas
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
Jennings Randolph, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, Democrat, Senator, from Connecticut
Richard Schultz Schweiker, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Hugh Doggett Scott, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
John Sparkman, Senator, from Alabama
Robert Theodore Stafford, Republican, Senator, from Vermont
John Cornelius Stennis, Democrat, Senator, from Mississippi
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 13
John Goodwin Tower, Republican, Senator, from Texas
John Varick Tunney, Democrat, Senator, from California
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Republican, Senator, from Connecticut
Harrison Arlington Williams, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Act Overview
- Number: 3548 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: An Act to establish the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarships, and for other purposes (4)
- Short Title: Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act
- Date First Introduced: 1974-05-30
- Sponsor Name: Harrison Arlington Williams
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1975-01-04
- Type: s (7)
- Main Topic: Education
- Related Bills: (8)
hr15138-93, Reason: identical, Type: bill
hr17481-93, Reason: related, Type: bill - Summary of Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
Text of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act
(LATEST SUMMARY) Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act – Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be known as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedure for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedure for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation appointed by the Board who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30000000 to the fund.
Act Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
- [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
- [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act)
- [Note 4] An Act to establish the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarships, and for other purposes. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1974-05-30) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
- [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
- [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
- [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
- [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
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Education
Monuments and memorials
Scholarships
Students
Truman Administration
Further Reading
- “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
- “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
- “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.