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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 12 — Foreign and Exchange Students

§ 221. Instructions of citizens from American republics; Government maintained professional educational institutions

Statutory text

The President is authorized, in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe by Executive order, to permit citizens of the American republics to receive instruction, with or without charge therefor, at professional educational institutions and schools maintained and administered by the Government of the United States or by departments or agencies thereof: Provided, That such citizens shall agree to comply with all regulations for the government of the institutions and schools at which they may be under instruction and to exert every effort to accomplish successfully the courses of instruction prescribed: And provided further, That the regulations prescribed by the President under the authority of this section shall contain provisions limiting the admission of citizens of the American republics to primary schools maintained and administered by the Government of the United States so that there will under no circumstances be any curtailment of the admission of citizens of the United States eligible to receive instruction therein.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 75–644 · 52 Stat. 1034

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 221

    June 24, 1938, ch. 644, 52 Stat. 1034

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 24, 1938, ch. 644, 52 Stat. 1034

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section originally provided that “not more than one citizen of any American republic shall receive instruction at the same time in the United States Military Academy and not more than one in the United States Naval Academy.” This phrase has been omitted in view of acts , and .

Credits

1938–1946 · 3 acts
  1. 1938June 24, 1938, ch. 644, 52 Stat. 1034
  2. 1941July 14, 1941, ch. 292, 55 Stat. 589
  3. 1946June 26, 1946, ch. 493, § 1, 60 Stat. 311.
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(June 24, 1938, ch. 644, 52 Stat. 1034; July 14, 1941, ch. 292, 55 Stat. 589; June 26, 1946, ch. 493, § 1, 60 Stat. 311.)

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