20 USC § 4501 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s4501"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 4501 - Purpose"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "4501"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 802], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–76, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 802], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–76.)"
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# § 4501. Purpose

It is the purpose of this chapter to establish the James Madison Fellowship Program which is designed to encourage graduate study of the American Constitution, its roots, its formation, its principles, and its development.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 802], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–76, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 802], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–76.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act’.”

, , , 1783–76, and , , , 3341–76, provided that: