20 USC § 2002 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s2002"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 2002 - Definitions"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "2002"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "HARRY S TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–642, § 3, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2276; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(6)(D), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1618.)"
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# § 2002. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term—

**(1)** “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation;

**(2)** “Foundation” means the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation;

**(3)** “fund” means the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Fund;

**(4)** “institution of higher education” means any such institution as defined by section 1001 of this title;

**(5)** “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, considered as a single entity, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and

**(6)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–642, § 3, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2276; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(6)(D), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1618.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Par. (4).  substituted “section 1001” for “section 1141(a)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .

## Executive Documents

### Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.