20 USC § 4514 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s4514"
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title: "20 USC § 4514 - Definitions"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "4514"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 815], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–81, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 815], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–81; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(6)(G), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1618; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(m), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2092; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(vv), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2184.)"
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# § 4514. Definitions

As used in this chapter—

**(1)** the term “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation;

**(2)** the term “Foundation” means the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation;

**(3)** the term “institution of higher education” has the same meaning given that term by section 1001 of this title; and

**(4)** the term “secondary school” has the same meaning given that term by section 7801 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 815], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–81, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 815], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–81; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(6)(G), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1618; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(m), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2092; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(vv), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2184.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

is a corrected version of .

### Amendments

2015—Par. (4).  made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to .

2002—Par. (4).  substituted “7801” for “8801”.

1998—Par. (3). , substituted “section 1001” for “section 1141(a)”.

Par. (4). , substituted “section 8801” for “section 1141(d)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

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