US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

20 U.S.C. § 4702

Definitions

In this chapter:
(1)
section 4703(a) of this title The term “Foundation” means the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation established under .
(2)
section 4703(b) of this title The term “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation established under .
(3)
section 4707 of this title The term “fund” means the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Fund provided for under .
(4)
section 1001 of this title The term “institution of higher education” means any such institution as defined in .
(5)
The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(6)
The term “eligible person” means—
(A)
a permanent resident alien of the United States;
(B)
a citizen or national of the United States;
(C)
a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; or
(D)
any person who may be admitted to lawfully engage in occupations and establish residence as a nonimmigrant in the United States as permitted under the Compact of Free Association agreements with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.

Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1403100 Stat. 4008Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(6)(H)112 Stat. 1618Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXIII, § 6302135 Stat. 2393(, , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 117–81, § 6302(1)2021—Par. (5). , added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: “The term ‘State’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, considered as a single entity, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.”

Pub. L. 117–81, § 6302(2)Par. (6). , added par. (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: “The term ‘eligible person’ means a citizen or national of the United States or a permanent resident alien of the United States.”

Pub. L. 105–2441998—Par. (4). substituted “section 1001” for “section 1141(a)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–244Pub. L. 105–244section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244section 1001 of this titleAmendment by effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

section 1681 of Title 48For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.