Title 20, EducationRelease 119-73not60

§80g–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought

Title 20 › Chapter 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter XI— WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS › § 80g–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in social and political thought at the Center and a trust fund to pay for it. Each year the Board picks one distinguished scholar, statesman, or cultural figure from the U.S. or abroad to serve up to one year as the Humphrey Fellow. The Board sets the fellow’s pay, but it cannot be more than the trust fund’s yearly income. The fellow must give a memorial lecture and do work and projects that fit the fellowship. The Treasury must keep a special trust fund and put in any appropriated money and contributions. The Treasury Secretary will invest the fund in U.S. government securities and add the interest back into the fund. Any gifts the Board gets for the fellowship must go into the fund. The Treasury will pay the Board from the fund’s investment interest the amounts the Board needs for the fellowship. Congress authorized $1,000,000 for the fund for the fiscal year starting October 1, 1978.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §80g–1

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(a)There is hereby established in the Center a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought.

(b)Each year the Board shall select a distinguished scholar, statesman, or cultural figure, from the United States or abroad, to serve at the Center for a period of up to one year as the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in Social and Political Thought (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Humphrey Fellow”). Each Humphrey Fellow shall receive compensation in an amount, determined by the Board, not to exceed the annual income of the trust fund established under subsection (d).

(c)Each Humphrey Fellow shall—

(1)deliver a Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Lecture; and

(2)carry out such projects and work as are consistent with the Humphrey Fellowship.

(d)(1)There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Trust Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “fund”). The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the fund such sums as may be appropriated to the fund under subsection (f) and shall receive into the Treasury and deposit into the fund such sums as may be received as contributions to the fund.

(2)The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest amounts in the fund in public debt securities with maturities suitable for the needs of the fund and bearing interest at prevailing market rates; and the interest on such investments shall be credited to and form a part of the fund.

(3)Notwithstanding section 80g(a)(2) of this title any gift, bequest, or devise of money, securities or other property for the benefit of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought received by the Board shall, upon receipt, be deposited into the fund as provided by paragraph (1).

(e)The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Board from amounts received as interest on investments under subsection (d)(2) such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate for the purposes of the Humphrey Fellowship.

(f)There is authorized to be appropriated to the fund for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1978, $1,000,000.

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20 U.S.C. § 80g–1

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60