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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 38 — Department of State

§ 2655c. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There shall be in the Department a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs described in section 2460 of title 22, which shall be responsible for the functions described in such section and such other relevant functions related to academic, cultural, and professional exchanges as the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy may prescribe.

(b)

Head of Bureau

The Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs shall be the head of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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. 119–60 div. E title IV § 5403 · 139 Stat. 1598

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2655c

    (Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title IV, § 5403, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1598.)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title IV, § 5403, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1598.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions

For definition of “Department” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title IV, § 5403, , 139 Stat. 1598.)

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