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20 U.S.C. § 80f

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Board of Trustees of the Center

United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective

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20 U.S.C. § 80f, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Board of Trustees of the Center, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/451497
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There is hereby established in the Smithsonian Institution a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Board of Trustees of the Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Center” and the “Board”), whose duties it shall be to maintain and administer the Center and site thereof and to execute such other functions as are vested in the Board by this subchapter. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of 17 members as follows: Each member of the Board of Trustees specified in paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (b) may designate another official to serve on the Board of Trustees in his stead. Each member of the Board of Trustees appointed under paragraph (10) of subsection (b) shall serve for a term of six years from the expiration of his predecessor’s term; except that (1) any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (2) the terms of office of the trustees first taking office shall begin on October 24, 1968, and shall expire as designated at the time of appointment, two at the end of two years, three at the end of four years, and three at the end of six years. No trustee of the Board chosen from private life shall be eligible to serve in excess of two consecutive terms, except that a trustee whose term has expired may serve until his successor has qualified. The President shall designate a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among the members of the Board chosen from private life.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 95-426(H.R. 12598)1978-10-07
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-268(H.R. 2692)1990-04-09
    To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 to provide that the Secretary of Education and two additional individuals from private life shall be members of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
    House: 399–0Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-277(H.R. 4328)1998-10-21
    Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999