Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§3509 Conflict of Interest; Personnel and Activities Covered
Title 22 › Chapter 50— INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION › § 3509
Summary
Council members and Institute Fellows must avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest when they do Institute work. They must not use their position for personal gain, give special treatment to anyone, make biased recommendations or decisions about Institute activities, misuse government property or nonpublic official information, or do anything that hurts public trust in the Institute.
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Title 22, §3509
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Members of the Council and Institute Fellows shall avoid any action, in their activities with respect to the Institute, which might result in, or create the appearance of, a conflict of interest, including but not limited to—
(1)using their office or position for private gain;
(2)giving preferential treatment to any person;
(3)making recommendations or decisions relating to any activity authorized by this chapter in other than an impartial and independent manner;
(4)misusing Government property or official information obtained through their office or position which has not been made available to the general public; or
(5)affecting adversely the confidence of the public in the integrity of the Institute.
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This chapter, referred to in par. (3), was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 96–53, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 371, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Tables.
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Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) of Pub. L. 96–53, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1979 Amendment note under section 2151 of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 3509
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60