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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2464 Ethical issues in international health research

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM › § 2464

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must fund international exchanges so researchers in developing countries can take part in programs about ethics in research with people. The Secretary must work with the United States Agency for International Development and other federal agencies, especially on infectious disease research and treatment. Activities covered include courses, conferences, and meetings about creating and following international ethics for clinical trials, researcher duties to participants and local communities, and how to run and check trials.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2464

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall make available funds for international exchanges to provide opportunities to researchers in developing countries to participate in activities related to ethical issues in human subject research, as described in subsection (c).
(b)The Secretary shall coordinate programs conducted pursuant to this section with similar programs that may be conducted by the United States Agency for International Development and other Federal agencies as part of United States international health programs, particularly with respect to research and treatment of infectious diseases.
(c)For purposes of subsection (a), the phrase “activities related to ethical issues in human subject research” includes courses of study, conferences, and fora on development of and compliance with international ethical standards for clinical trials involving human subjects, particularly with respect to responsibilities of researchers to individuals and local communities participating in such trials, and on management and monitoring of such trials based on such international ethical standards.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and also as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition For definition of “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 3 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2464

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73