Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110
§1448 Assistance to Certain Institutions Abroad Founded or Sponsored by United States Citizens
Title 22 › CHAPTER 18 — UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER II — INTERCHANGE OF PERSONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES › § 1448
Summary
The Secretary may help U.S.-founded or -sponsored schools, libraries, and community centers abroad that demonstrate U.S. methods. Help must not control their teaching and must follow U.S. democratic values and foreign policy.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §1448
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The Secretary is authorized to provide for assistance to schools, libraries, and community centers abroad, founded or sponsored by citizens of the United States, and serving as demonstration centers for methods and practices employed in the United States. In assisting any such schools, however, the Secretary shall exercise no control over their educational policies and shall in no case furnish assistance of any character which is not in keeping with the free democratic principles and the established foreign policy of the United States.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Partial Repeal Pub. L. 87–256, § 111(a)(2), Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 538, repealed this section insofar as it relates to schools. See section 2451 et seq. of this title. Continuation in full force and effect, and applicability to the appropriate provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq., until modified or superseded by appropriate authority, of all Executive orders, agreements, determinations,
Regulations
, contracts, appointments, and other actions issued, concluded, or taken under authority of this section, see section 111(b) of Pub. L. 87–256, set out as a Continuation of Certain Executive Orders, Agreements, Determinations,
Regulations
, Contracts, Appointments, and Other Actions note under section 2451 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 1448
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110