§ 2656b. Congressional declaration of policy regarding consequences of science and technology on conduct of foreign policy

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. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–426 title V § 502 · 92 Stat. 963

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2656b

   Pub. L. 95–426, title V, § 502, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 982

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–426, title V, § 502, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 982

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 502. In order to maximize the benefits and to minimize the 22 USC 2656b. adverse consequences of science and technology in the conduct of foreign policy, the Congress declares the following to be the policy of the United States: (1) Technological opportunities, impacts, changes, and threats should be anticipated and assessed, and appropriate measures should be implemented to influence such technological developments in ways beneficial to the United States and other countries. (2) The mutually beneficial applications of technology in bilateral and multilateral agreements and activities involving the United States and foreign countries or international organizations should be recognized and supported as an important element of United States foreign policy. (3) The United States Government should implement appropriate measures to insure that individuals are trained in the use of science and technology as an instrument in international relations and that officers and employees of the United States Government engaged in formal and informal exchanges of scientific and technical information, personnel, and hardware are knowledgeable in international affairs. (4) In recognition of the environmental and technological factors that change relations among countries and in recognition of the growing interdependence between the domestic and foreign policies and programs of the United States, United States foreign policy should be continually reviewed by the executive and legislative branches of the Government to insure appropriate and timely application of science and technology to the conduct of United States foreign policy.

2. 1988

   Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5171(a) · 102 Stat. 1107

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 2656b(5)

   Pub. L. 100–418 added par. (5)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (5). Pub. L. 100–418 added par. (5).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 502 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656b) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) Federally supported international science and technology agreements should be negotiated to ensure that— “(A) intellectual property rights are properly protected; and “(B) access to research and development opportunities and facilities, and the flow of scientific and technological information, are, to the maximum extent practicable, equitable and reciprocal.”.

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