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22 U.S.C. 2460: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Created in 1983 by Public Law 87-256. Changed by 9 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 22 U.S.C. 2655c.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2023

    • Pub. L. 118–31 added par. (10) relating to John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program. Ancillary amendments at the end of pars. (8) and (9) of subsec. (a) could not be executed because of the prior addition by Pub. L. 117–263 of par. (10) relating to exchange programs focused on mu… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (a)

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–263 added par. (10) relating to exchange programs focused on music and the performing arts. (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (a)

    2002

    • Pub. L. 107–228, §221, designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 107–228, §229(1), substituted "Department of State" for "United States Information Agency". (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 107–228, §229(2)(A), substituted "Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs" for "Associate Director for Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency". (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 107–228, §229(2)(B), (C), redesignated subpars. (C) to (G) as (B) to (F), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: "A senior representative of the Department of State, who shall be designated by the Secretary of State." (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 107–228, §229(3), substituted "Department of State" for "United States Information Agency". (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 107–228, §229(4), substituted "Department of State" for "United States Information Agency". (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 107–228, §229(5), substituted "Secretary of State, acting through the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy" for "Director of the United States Information Agency". (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (g)

    1998

    • Pub. L. 105–244 substituted "section 1001" for "section 1141(a)". (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–277 added subsec. (g). (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999) Law text · (g)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–236 added subsec. (f). · (f)

    1993

    • Pub. L. 103–199 substituted "independent states of the former Soviet Union" for "Soviet Union" in two places. · (a)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–246, §223, inserted "or through other programs designed to promote contact between the young peoples of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Eastern European countries" after "degree". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 101–246, §204(a)(2), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively. · (b), (c), (d)
    • Pub. L. 101–246, §222(a), added subsec. (e). · (e)

    1987

    • Pub. L. 100–204 added pars. (8) and (9). · (a), (9)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.