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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 66 — United States-Hong Kong Policy

§ 5715. Cultural and educational exchanges

Statutory text

It is the sense of the Congress that the following, which are based in part on the relevant provisions of the Joint Declaration, are and should continue after , to be the policy of the United States with respect to cultural and educational exchanges with Hong Kong:

(1)

The United States should seek to maintain and expand United States-Hong Kong relations and exchanges in culture, education, science, and academic research. The United States should encourage American participation in bilateral exchanges with Hong Kong, both official and unofficial.

(2)

The United States should actively seek to further United States-Hong Kong cultural relations and promote bilateral exchanges, including the negotiating and concluding of appropriate agreements in these matters.

(3)

Hong Kong should be accorded separate status as a full partner under the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program (apart from the United Kingdom before , and apart from the People’s Republic of China thereafter), with the continuation or establishment of a Fulbright Commission or functionally equivalent mechanism.

(4)

The United States should actively encourage Hong Kong residents to visit the United States on nonimmigrant visas for such purposes as business, tourism, education, and scientific and academic research, in accordance with applicable United States and Hong Kong laws.

(5)

Upon the request of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, the Librarian of Congress, acting through the Congressional Research Service, should seek to expand educational and informational ties with the Council.

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. United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–383 title I § 105 · 106 Stat. 1448

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5715

    (Pub. L. 102–383, title I, § 105, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1452.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 102–383, title I, § 105, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1452.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 105. CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES. It is the sense of the Congress that the following, which are based in part on the relevant provisions of the Joint Declaration, are and should continue after June 30, 1997, to be the policy of the United States with respect to cultural and educational exchanges with Hong Kong: (1) The United States should seek to maintain and expand United States-Hong Kong relations and exchanges in culture, education, science, and academic research. The United States should encourage American participation in bilateral exchanges with Hong Kong, both official and unofficial. (2) The United States should actively seek to further United States-Hong Kong cultural relations and promote bilateral exchanges, including the negotiating and concluding of appropriate agreements in these matters. (3) Hong Kong should be accorded separate status as a full partner under the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program (apart from the United Kingdom before July 1, 1997, and apart from the People’s Republic of China thereafter), with the continuation or establishment of a Fulbright Commission or functionally equivalent mechanism. (4) The United States should actively encourage Hong Kong residents to visit the United States on nonimmigrant visas for such purposes as business, tourism, education, and scientific and academic research, in accordance with applicable United States and Hong Kong laws. (5) Upon the request of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, the Librarian of Congress, acting through the Congressional Research Service, should seek to expand educational and informational ties with the Council.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 102–383, title I, § 105, , 106 Stat. 1452.)

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