Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§2081 United States Participation in Inter-american Cultural and Trade Center; Purposes of Interama

Title 22 › CHAPTER 29A — INTER-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND TRADE CENTER › § 2081

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can have a federal department or agency take part in the Inter‑American Cultural and Trade Center (Interama) and must work with the Inter‑American Center Authority, a Florida agency. Interama’s goals are to be a permanent meeting place for governments and businesses from the Americas and beyond; to support wide, ongoing exchanges of ideas, people, culture, education, and goods; and to help people in the Western Hemisphere understand one another better and build stronger ties between the United States and other free countries.

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Title 22, §2081

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The President is authorized, through such department or agency in the executive branch of the Government as he may designate, to provide for United States participation in the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as “Interama”). In providing for United States participation, the President shall cooperate with the Inter-American Center Authority (an agency of the State of Florida). The purposes of Interama are—

(1)to provide a permanent international center which will serve as a meeting ground for the governments and industries of the Western Hemisphere and of other areas of the world;

(2)to facilitate broad and continuous exchanges of ideas, persons, and products through cultural, educational, and other exchanges; and

(3)by other appropriate means, to promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the Western Hemisphere and to strengthen the ties which unite the United States with other nations of the free world.

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22 U.S.C. § 2081

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102