Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§1448 Assistance to certain institutions abroad founded or sponsored by United States citizens

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - INTERCHANGE OF PERSONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES › § 1448

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may help schools, libraries, and community centers abroad that were started or supported by U.S. citizens and that show how things are done in the United States. When giving help, the Secretary cannot control how they teach and cannot provide anything that goes against free democratic principles or U.S. foreign policy.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1448

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The Secretary is authorized to provide for assistance to schools,11 See Partial Repeal note below. libraries, and community centers abroad, founded or sponsored by citizens of the United States, and serving as demonstration centers for methods and practices employed in the United States. In assisting any such schools, however, the Secretary shall exercise no control over their educational policies and shall in no case furnish assistance of any character which is not in keeping with the free democratic principles and the established foreign policy of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Partial Repeal Pub. L. 87–256, § 111(a)(2), Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 538, repealed this section insofar as it relates to schools. See section 2451 et seq. of this title. Continuation in full force and effect, and applicability to the appropriate provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq., until modified or superseded by appropriate authority, of all Executive orders, agreements, determinations,

Regulations

, contracts, appointments, and other actions issued, concluded, or taken under authority of this section, see section 111(b) of Pub. L. 87–256, set out as a Continuation of Certain Executive Orders, Agreements, Determinations,

Regulations

, Contracts, Appointments, and Other Actions note under section 2451 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1448

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73