---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 4701"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "4701"
heading: "Findings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/4701"
units:
  - "Chapter 59 — Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program"
---

# §4701. Findings


The Congress makes the following findings:

- (1) Senator Barry Goldwater of the [State](/usc/20/4702.md?p=5) of Arizona has served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including service in the United States Senate for a period of 30 years.
- (2) Senator Goldwater has a distinguished record as a Senator, including service as Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
- (3) Senator Goldwater has long maintained a special interest in the education of America’s youth, particularly in the fields of science and mathematics.
- (4) It would, therefore, be a fitting tribute to the leadership, courage, and vision of Senator Goldwater to establish in his name a scholarship program to foster and encourage excellence in science and mathematics.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1402, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4008.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXIII, § 6301, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2393, provided that: “This title [amending sections 4702, 4704 to 4707, and 4710 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Modernization Act of 2021’.”

### Short Title

Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1401, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4007, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act’.”