2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 16 - National Science Foundation (Sections 1861 - 1887)
Sec. 1880 - National Medal of Science
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 16 - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sec. 1880 - National Medal of Science |
| Contains | section 1880 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 86-209, §1, Aug. 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 431. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 73 Stat. 431 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 86-209 |
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There is established a National Medal of Science (hereinafter referred to as the "medal"), which shall be of such design and materials and bear such inscriptions as the President, on the basis of recommendations submitted by the National Science Foundation, may prescribe, and shall be awarded as provided in section 1881 of this title.
(Pub. L. 86–209, §1, Aug. 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 431.)
CODIFICATIONSection was not enacted as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.
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