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PUBLIC LAW 87-256-SEPT. 21, 1961

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(A) of or for American citizens and nationals in foreign countries, and (B) 01 or for citizens and nationals of foreign countries in American schools and institutions of learning located in or outside the United States; and (ii) by financing visits and interchan^s between the United States and other countries of students, trainees, teachers, instructors, and professors; (2) cultural exchanges, by financing— (i) visits and interchanges between the United States and other countries of leaders, experts in fields of specialized knowledge or skill, and other influential or distinguished persons; (ii) tours in countries abroad by creative and performing artists and athletes from the United States, individually and in groups, representing any field of the arts, sports, or any other form of cultural attainment; (iii) United States representation in international artistic, dramatic, musical, sports, and other cultural festivals, competitions, meetings, and like exhibitions and assemblies; (iv) participation by groups and individuals from other countries in nonprofit activities in the United States similar to those described in subparagraphs (|ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, when the President determines that such participation is in the national interest. (3) United States participation in international fairs and expositions, including trade and industrial fairs and other public or private demonstrations of United States economic accomplishments and cultural attainments. (b) In furtherance of the purposes of this Act, the President is further authorized to provide for— (1) interchanges between the United States and other countries of handicrafts, scientific, technical, and scholarly books, books of literature, periodicals, and Government publications, and the reproduction and translation of such writings, and the preparation, distribution, and interchange of other educational and research materials, including laboratory and technical equipment for education and research; (2) establishing and operating in the United States and abroad centers for cultural and technical interchanges to promote better relations and understanding between the United States and other nations through cooperative study, training, and research; (3) assistance in the establishment, expansion, maintenance, and operation of schools and institutions of learning abroad, founded, operated, or sponsored by citizens or nonprofit institutions of the United States^ including such schools and institutions serving as demonstration centers for methods and practices employed in the United States^ (4) fostering and supporting American studies in foreign countries through professorships, lectureships, institutes, seminars, and courses in such subjects as American history, government, economics, language and literature, and other subjects related to American civilization and culture, including financing the attendance at such studies by persons from other countries;

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