§ 3502. — Purposes and establishment; policy guidelines and objectives.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3502]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 50--INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION
Sec. 3502. Purposes and establishment; policy guidelines and
objectives
(a) To strengthen the capacity of the people of developing countries
to solve their development problems through scientific and technological
innovation, to foster research on problems of development, and to
facilitate scientific and technological cooperation with developing
countries, the President is authorized to establish an Institute for
Scientific and Technological Cooperation (hereafter in this chapter
referred to as the ``Institute''), which shall be subject to the foreign
policy guidance of the Secretary of State.
(b) The Institute shall be guided by the policies set forth in
sections 2151 and 2151-1 of this title and shall direct a substantial
share of its resources to those objectives.
(Pub. L. 96-53, title IV, Sec. 402, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 372.)
