Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§2009b Payment to Trust Fund; Board Requests Binding on Secretary
Title 20 › CHAPTER 42 — HARRY S TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS › § 2009b
Summary
Pay $500,000 to the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund. That money stays available until spent. Starting March 11, 2009, the Board's requests to the Treasury Secretary are binding, including requests to issue obligations at par, and the Secretary must comply without making a public‑interest finding.
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Title 20, §2009b
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For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 2009 of this title, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That on or after March 11, 2009, all requests of the Board of Trustees to the Secretary of the Treasury provided for in this section shall be binding on the Secretary, including requests for the issuance at par of special obligations exclusively to the fund as provided for in section 2009(b) of this title, which the Secretary shall implement without regard to the determination related to the public interest required by the last sentence of that section.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009, and also as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, and not as part of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act which comprises this chapter.
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20 U.S.C. § 2009b
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102