Title 20EducationRelease 119-73

§1130 Findings and purposes

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Part Part B— - Business and International Education Programs › § 1130

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Says the United States must build more international skills and public awareness because the country’s future economy depends on them. It finds that business schools, language and area studies, professional international programs, public and private groups, and U.S. businesses need to work together. It also finds that colleges and organizations now have few connections to business needs, and that groups like world trade councils, trade clubs, chambers of commerce, and State commerce offices are not used enough to link universities and business. Aims to increase international understanding and help U.S. business do well abroad by providing education and training for business people at different career stages, and by supporting both school-based and non-school programs that help businesses succeed in the global economy.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §1130

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(a)The Congress finds that—
(1)the future economic welfare of the United States will depend substantially on increasing international skills in the business and educational community and creating an awareness among the American public of the internationalization of our economy;
(2)concerted efforts are necessary to engage business schools, language and area study programs, professional international affairs education programs, public and private sector organizations, and United States business in a mutually productive relationship which benefits the Nation’s future economic interests;
(3)few linkages presently exist between the manpower and information needs of United States business and the international education, language training and research capacities of institutions of higher education in the United States, and public and private organizations; and
(4)organizations such as world trade councils, world trade clubs, chambers of commerce and State departments of commerce are not adequately used to link universities and business for joint venture exploration and program development.
(b)It is the purpose of this part—
(1)to enhance the broad objective of this chapter by increasing and promoting the Nation’s capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise through the provision of suitable international education and training for business personnel in various stages of professional development; and
(2)to promote institutional and noninstitutional educational and training activities that will contribute to the ability of United States business to prosper in an international economy.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–244 amended section catchline generally. 1992—Pub. L. 102–325 amended section generally, inserting subsec. headings and reenacting text without substantial change. 1986—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–498 inserted “and educational” after “skills in the business”.

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Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–325 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 1130

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73