Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2801 Congressional findings
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS › § 2801
Summary
The federal government must set clear, uniform rules for approving and taking part in international expositions held in the United States. Well-run expositions can help local economies and let countries share ideas and cultural achievements. Because past events and federal roles have varied and many new proposals exist, decisions must follow an orderly process.
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Title 22, §2801
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The Congress finds that—
(a)international expositions, when properly organized, financed, and executed, have a significant impact on the economic growth of the region surrounding the exposition and, under appropriate international sanction, are important instruments of national policy, particularly in the exchange of ideas and the demonstration of cultural achievements between peoples;
(b)in view of the widely varying circumstances under which international expositions have developed in the United States, the different degrees to which the Federal Government has assisted and participated in such expositions, and the increasing number of proposals for future expositions, the national interest requires that Federal action concerning such expositions be given orderly consideration; and
(c)such orderly consideration is best achieved by the development of uniform standards, criteria, and procedures to establish the conditions under which the Government hereafter will (A) recognize international expositions proposed to be held in the United States, and (B) take part in such expositions.
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22 U.S.C. § 2801
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73