Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2081 United States participation in Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center; purposes of Interama
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 29A— - INTER-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND TRADE CENTER › § 2081
Summary
The President may assign a federal department or agency to handle U.S. participation in Interama and must have it work with Florida’s Inter‑American Center Authority. Interama is meant to be a permanent international meeting place that supports ongoing cultural, educational, and trade exchanges and that promotes understanding across the Western Hemisphere and stronger ties between the United States and other free nations.
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Title 22, §2081
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The President is authorized, through such department or agency in the executive branch of the Government as he may designate, to provide for United States participation in the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as “Interama”). In providing for United States participation, the President shall cooperate with the Inter-American Center Authority (an agency of the State of Florida). The purposes of Interama are—
(1)to provide a permanent international center which will serve as a meeting ground for the governments and industries of the Western Hemisphere and of other areas of the world;
(2)to facilitate broad and continuous exchanges of ideas, persons, and products through cultural, educational, and other exchanges; and
(3)by other appropriate means, to promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the Western Hemisphere and to strengthen the ties which unite the United States with other nations of the free world.
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22 U.S.C. § 2081
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73