A bill to establish a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution and to establish a trust fund to provide a stipend for such fellowship.
PL 95-286 (H.R.10392), enacted 05/26/1978

92 STAT. 278 
PUBLIC LAW 95-286—MAY 26, 1978 
Public Law 95-286 
95th Congress 
C^Ov) 
May 26. 1978 
[H.R. 10392] 
Woodrow 
Wilson 
Memorial Act 
of 1968, 
amendment. 
20 use 
80h-80j. 
Establishment. 
20 use 
80g-l. 
Hubert H. 
Humphrey 
Fellowship 
Trust Fund. 
Establishment. 
An Act 
To establish a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought 
at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian 
Institution and to establish a trust fund to provide a stipend for such fellow-
ship. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Woodrow 
Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (20 U.S.C. 80e-80j) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 5 through 7 as sections 6 through 
8, respectively, and 
(2) by inserting after section 4 the following new section: 
"HUBERT H . HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP IX SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT 
"SEC. 5. (a) There is hereby established in the Center a Hubert H. 
Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought. 
" (b) Each year the Board shall select a distinguished scholar, states-
man, or cultural figure, from the United States or abroad, to serve at 
the Center for a period of up to one year as the Hubert H. Humphrey 
Fellow in Social and Political Thought (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the 'Humphrey Fellow'). Each Humphrey Fellow shall 
receive compensation in an amount, determined by the Board, not to 
exceed the annual income of the trust fund established under 
subsection (d). 
"(c) Each Humphrey Fellow shall— 
"(1) deliver a Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Lecture; and 
"(2) carry out such projects and work as are consistent with 
the Humphrey Fellowship. 
The Board shall provide for the publication and dissemination of the 
Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Lectures. 
"(d) (1) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United 
States a trust fund to be known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow-
ship Trust Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'fund'). 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the fund such sums as 
may be appropriated to the fund under subsection (f) and shall receive 
into the Treasury and deposit into the fund such sums as may be 
received as contributions to the fund. 
" (2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest amounts in the fund 
in public debt securities with maturities suitable for the needs of the 
fund and bearing interest at prevailing market rates; and the interest 
on such investments shall be credited to and fotm a part of the fund. 
"(3) Notwithstanding section 4(a) (2) any gift, bequest, or devise 
of money, securities or other property for the benefit of the Hubert 
H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought received by 
the Board shall, upon receipt, be deposited into the fund as provided 
by paragraph (1). 
"(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Board from 
amounts received as interest on investments under subsection (d) (2) 
such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate for 
the purposes of the Humphrey Fellowship. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-286~MAY 26, 1978 
92 STAT. 279 
"(f) There is authorized to be appropriated to the fund for the fiscal Appropriation 
year beginning October 1,1978, $1,000,000.". 
authorization. 
SEC. 2. Section 4(a) (2) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 
1968 (20 U.S.C. 80g(a) (2)) is amended by striking out "devices" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "devises". 
Approved May 26, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1062 (Coram, on House Administration). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-794, accompanying S. 2730 (Comm. on Rules and Adminis-
tration). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
May 1, considered and failed of passage in House. 
May 15, considered and passed House. 
May 16, S. 2730 considered and passed Senate; proceedings vitiated and H.R. 
10392 passed in lieu. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 14, No. 22: 
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