Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2568 Program for visiting scholars
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES AND VISITING SCHOLARS › § 2568
Summary
Secretary of State must create a visiting scholars program in arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament to bring professors—especially physical scientists and other relevant experts—into the Department to participate and advise. Fellows serve one year, extendable one year.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2568
Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A program for visiting scholars in the fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament shall be established by the Secretary of State in order to obtain the services of scholars from the faculties of recognized institutions of higher learning. The purpose of the program will be to give specialists in the physical sciences and other disciplines relevant to the Department of State’s activities an opportunity for active participation in the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities of the Department of State and to gain for the Department of State the perspective and expertise such persons can offer. Each fellow in the program shall be appointed for a term of one year, except that such term may be extended for a 1-year period.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(5), substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director” and “Department of State’s” for “Agency’s”, substituted “Department of State” for “Agency” in two places, and struck out at end “Fellows shall be chosen by a board consisting of the Director, who shall be the chairperson, and all former Directors of the Agency.” 1994—Pub. L. 103–236 substituted “fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament” for “field of arms control and disarmament” in first sentence and inserted “, nonproliferation,” after “participation in the arms control” in second sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 6511 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2568
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73