PRIA Logo™
Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60

§80e Congressional Declaration of Policy

Title 20 › Chapter 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter XI— WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS › § 80e

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress says the country should create a living memorial to honor Woodrow Wilson for his work as the twenty-eighth President, a scholar, a university president, and a supporter of international understanding. A Congressional commission recommended building an International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., north of the proposed Market Square, as part of that memorial. The center would strengthen the connection between learning and public affairs and fit the Smithsonian’s goal of increasing and spreading knowledge.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §80e

Education — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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 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 of 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 men.”

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 90–637, § 1, Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1356, provided: “That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 80e

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60