§ 2801. — Congressional findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2801]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 40--INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS
Sec. 2801. Congressional findings
The Congress finds that--
(a) international expositions, when properly organized,
financed, and executed, have a significant impact on the economic
growth of the region surrounding the exposition and, under
appropriate international sanction, are important instruments of
national policy, particularly in the exchange of ideas and the
demonstration of cultural achievements between peoples;
(b) in view of the widely varying circumstances under which
international expositions have developed in the United States, the
different degrees to which the Federal Government has assisted and
participated in such expositions, and the increasing number of
proposals for future expositions, the national interest requires
that Federal action concerning such expositions be given orderly
consideration; and
(c) such orderly consideration is best achieved by the
development of uniform standards, criteria, and procedures to
establish the conditions under which the Government hereafter will
(A) recognize international expositions proposed to be held in the
United States, and (B) take part in such expositions.
(Pub. L. 91-269, Sec. 1, May 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 271.)
