Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§10706 Promoting Cross-cultural and Educational Engagement

Title 22 › CHAPTER 114 — WESTERN BALKANS DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY › § 10706

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the President, through the Secretary of State, to help build partnerships between U.S. universities and universities in the Western Balkans. The work can include supporting cyber-resilience research; helping partner governments update policies and school programs, improve data systems, and train teachers and students (including English); widening access to education and job skills for underserved people; and promoting teaching, research, and alliances with colleges in the region and Europe. Congress says these partnerships help U.S. foreign policy, should use coordinated government and public‑private effort, and will let people share academic, technical, research, and cultural ideas and may boost private‑sector cooperation.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §10706

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1)promoting partnerships between United States universities and universities in the Western Balkans advances United States foreign policy goals and requires a whole-of-government approach, including the utilization of public-private partnerships; and

(2)such partnerships would provide opportunities for exchanging academic ideas, technical expertise, research, and cultural understanding for the benefit of the United States and may provide additional beneficial opportunities for cooperation in the private sector.

(b)University partnerships

The President, working through the Secretary of State, is authorized to promote partnerships between United States universities and universities in the Western Balkans, including—

(1)supporting research and analysis on cyber resilience;

(2)working with partner governments to reform policies, improve curricula, strengthen data systems, train teachers and students, including English language teaching, and to provide quality, inclusive learning materials;

(3)encouraging knowledge exchanges to help provide individuals, especially those who historically have had reduced access to relevant education, training, and skills for meaningful employment;

(4)promoting teaching and research exchanges between institutions of higher education in the Western Balkans and in the United States; and

(5)encouraging alliances and exchanges with like-minded institutions of education within the Western Balkans and the larger European continent.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 10706

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110