§ 5715. — Cultural and educational exchanges.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC5715]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 66--UNITED STATES-HONG KONG POLICY
SUBCHAPTER I--POLICY
Sec. 5715. 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.
(Pub. L. 102-383, title I, Sec. 105, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1452.)
