---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1070d–31"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1070d–31"
heading: "Statement of purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1070d-31"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter IV — Student Assistance"
  - "Part A — Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education"
  - "Subpart 6 — robert c. byrd honors scholarship program"
---

# §1070d–31. Statement of purpose


It is the purpose of this subpart to establish a Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program to promote student excellence and achievement and to recognize exceptionally able students who show promise of continued excellence.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 419A, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1343.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1070d–31, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 419A, as added Pub. L. 98–558, title VIII, § 801(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2900; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title XVI, § 1627(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 779, provided statement of purpose for Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 99–498.