§ 2656b. — Congressional declaration of policy regarding consequences of science and technology on conduct of foreign policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2656b]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2656b. Congressional declaration of policy regarding
consequences of science and technology on conduct of foreign
policy
In order to maximize the benefits and to minimize the 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.
(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.
(Pub. L. 95-426, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 982; Pub. L.
100-418, title V, Sec. 5171(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1452.)
Amendments
1988--Par. (5). Pub. L. 100-418 added par. (5).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2656d, 3503 of this title.
