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chapter_name: "JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 4508 - Amount of fellowships

## Text

Each student awarded a fellowship shall receive a stipend which shall not exceed the cost to the student for tuition, fees, books, room and board, or $12,000, whichever is less, for each academic year of study.

(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 809], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–78, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 809], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–78.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.