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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§2464 Ethical Issues in International Health Research

Title 22 › CHAPTER 33 — MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM › § 2464

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must provide money for international exchanges so researchers in developing countries can take part in activities about ethics in studies that involve people. The Secretary must work with USAID and other federal agencies, especially on infectious disease research and treatment. These activities include courses, conferences, and meetings on making and following international ethical rules for clinical trials, researchers’ duties to participants and communities, and how trials are run and monitored.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2464

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
The Secretary shall make available funds for international exchanges to provide opportunities to researchers in developing countries to participate in activities related to ethical issues in human subject research, as described in subsection (c).
(b)Coordination with other programs
The Secretary shall coordinate programs conducted pursuant to this section with similar programs that may be conducted by the United States Agency for International Development and other Federal agencies as part of United States international health programs, particularly with respect to research and treatment of infectious diseases.
(c)Ethical issues in human subject research
For purposes of subsection (a), the phrase “activities related to ethical issues in human subject research” includes courses of study, conferences, and fora on development of and compliance with international ethical standards for clinical trials involving human subjects, particularly with respect to responsibilities of researchers to individuals and local communities participating in such trials, and on management and monitoring of such trials based on such international ethical standards.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and also as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition For definition of “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 3 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2464

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110