20 U.S.C. § 4701
Section 4701 · Findings
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 95 F. Supp. 2d 1239 - East High School Prism Club v. Seidel (2000)
Most recently applied in Fellowship of Christian Athlet v. San Jose Unified School Distri (August 2022)
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Senator Barry Goldwater of the State of Arizona has served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including service in the United States Senate for a period of 30 years.
(2) Senator Goldwater has a distinguished record as a Senator, including service as Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
(3) Senator Goldwater has long maintained a special interest in the education of America's youth, particularly in the fields of science and mathematics.
(4) It would, therefore, be a fitting tribute to the leadership, courage, and vision of Senator Goldwater to establish in his name a scholarship program to foster and encourage excellence in science and mathematics.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Short Title
Section 1401 of title XIV of div. A of Pub. L. 99 661 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act’.”