20 USC § 4505 - Recipient’s choice of institution

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s4505"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 4505 - Recipient’s choice of institution"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "4505"
section_name: "Recipient’s choice of institution"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 806], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–77, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 806], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–77.)"
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# § 4505. Recipient’s choice of institution

Fellowship recipients may attend any institution of higher education in the United States with an accredited graduate program which offers courses of study or training which emphasize the origins of the Constitution of the United States, its principles, its development, and its comparison with other forms of government, as determined according to criteria established by the Foundation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 806], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–77, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 806], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–77.)

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