§ 4516. — Constitutional Law Resource Centers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC4516]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 57--JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Sec. 4516. Constitutional Law Resource Centers
(a) Establishment
It is the purpose of this section to establish four centers where
nationally recognized distinguished experts in Constitutional law will
produce, on a periodic basis, articles of current interest relating to
the Constitution of the United States which are suitable for use by
James Madison scholars, educational institutions, law school reviews,
bar associations, and the news media.
(b) Endowments
In order to encourage recipient universities to provide such a
continuing service, four endowments shall be established with funds from
appropriations provided herein and such other amounts as may be
contributed from other sources.
(c) Chair for Professor of Constitutional Law
The income from each endowment shall be used to help support a chair
for a Professor of Constitutional law.\1\ Each endowment shall be held
in trust with the income from the portion provided herein used
exclusively to contribute toward the salary and related costs of the
professor filling the chair and for services directly related to the
support of such professor such as secretarial and research services. The
recipient university shall from sources other than that portion of the
endowment funded herein furnish the office, classroom and related
services suitable to such a member of the faculty.
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The professor holding each chair shall file a copy of such articles
with the Library of Congress, which shall make them available to
libraries in the usual manner and the recipient of the endowment shall
also make a copy available upon request by accredited educational
institutions, bar associations, and general news media without royalty
or charge other than the costs associated with printing or reprinting,
handling and distribution.
(d) Investment of endowment
That portion of each endowment provided by this chapter \2\ and any
accumulations attributable to such grant shall be invested by the
recipient university in interest bearing obligations of the United
States or in obligations guaranteed both as to principal and interest by
the United States and shall be subject to audit by the General
Accounting Office for the sole purpose of determining that such funds
are accounted for or have been used as provided herein. If a grantee
university elects to discontinue such chair and support services, the
corpus of the endowment attributable to the Federal grant shall revert
to the Treasury of the United States.
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(e) Application for grant of endowment
The application for the grant for an endowment shall require only
such information and supporting material as is reasonably necessary to
assure that the funds will be used for the purposes described herein.
Acceptance of the grant by each university shall constitute an agreement
and obligation of that university to fulfill the obligations set forth
in this section.
(f) Amount of grant of endowment; recipients of offer
The grants for each endowment shall be for $800,000 and shall be
offered to Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., Drake
University School of Law in Des Moines, Iowa, the University of Akron
School of Law in Akron, Ohio, and the University of South Carolina
School of Law at Columbia, South Carolina.
(Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title VIII, Sec. 817], Oct. 18, 1986, 100
Stat. 1783-39, 1783-81, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title VIII,
Sec. 817], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-39, 3341-81.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the original ``this
Act'' and was translated as reading ``this title'' meaning title VIII of
section 101(b) of Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L. 99-591 which enacted this
chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Codification
Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.
Temporary Authority To Receive, Review, and Certify for Payment Grant
Applications
Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(a) [title V, Sec. 501], Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1329, 1329-29, provided in part: ``That until the Board of
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation is
appointed, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States
Constitution is authorized to receive, review and certify for payment
the applications for grants of endowment funds for the establishment of
Constitutional Law Resource Centers as provided and appropriated under
the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act, title VIII, sections 817 and
818, Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591 [20 U.S.C. 4516, 4517]''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4517 of this title.
