[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR62.30]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 62--EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Specific Program Provisions
 
Sec. 62.30  Camp counselors.

    (a) Introduction. In order to promote diverse opportunities for 
participation in educational and cultural exchange programs, the 
Department of State designates exchange sponsors to facilitate the entry 
of foreign nationals to serve as counselors in U.S. summer camps. These 
programs promote international understanding by improving American 
knowledge of foreign cultures while enabling foreign participants to 
increase their knowledge of American culture. The foreign participants 
are best able to carry out this objective by serving as counselors per 
se, that is, having direct responsibility for supervision of groups of 
American youth and of activities that bring them into interaction with 
their charges. While it is recognized that some non-counseling chores 
are an essential part of camp life for all counselors, this program is 
not intended to assist American camps in bringing in foreign nationals 
to serve as administrative personnel, cooks, or menial laborers, such as 
dishwashers or janitors.
    (b) Participant eligibility. Participation in camp counselor 
exchange programs is limited to foreign nationals who:
    (1) Are at least 18 years of age;
    (2) Are bona fide youth workers, students, teachers, or individuals 
with specialized skills; and
    (c) Participant selection. In addition to satisfying the 
requirements in Sec. 514.10(a), sponsors shall adequately screen all 
international candidates for camp counselor programs and at a minimum:
    (1) Conduct an in-person interview; and
    (2) Secure references from a participant's employer or teacher 
regarding his or her suitability for participation in a camp counselor 
exchange.
    (d) Participant orientation. Sponsors shall provide participants, 
prior to their departure from the home country, detailed information 
regarding:
    (1) Duties and responsibilities relating to their service as a camp 
counselor;

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    (2) Contractual obligations relating to their acceptance of a camp 
counselor position; and
    (3) Financial compensation for their service as a camp counselor.
    (e) Participant placements. Sponsors shall place eligible 
participants at camping facilities which are:
    (1) Accredited;
    (2) A member in good standing of the American Camping Association;
    (3) Officially affiliated with a nationally recognized non-profit 
organization; or
    (4) Have been inspected, evaluated, and approved by the sponsor.
    (f) Participant compensation. Sponsors shall ensure that 
international participants receive pay and benefits commensurate with 
those offered to their American counterparts.
    (g) Participant supervision. Sponsors shall provide all participants 
with a phone number which allows 24 hour immediate contact with the 
sponsor.
    (h) Program administration. Sponsors shall:
    (1) Comply with all provisions set forth in subpart A of this part;
    (2) Not facilitate the entry of any participant for a program of 
more than four months duration; and
    (3) Under no circumstance facilitate the entry into the United 
States of a participant for whom a camp placement has not been pre-
arranged.
    (i) Placement report. In lieu of listing the name and address of the 
camp facility at which the participant is placed on Form IAP-66, 
sponsors shall submit to the Department of State, no later than July 1st 
of each year, a report of all participant placements. Such report shall 
reflect the participant's name, camp placement, and the number of times 
the participant has previously participated in a camp counselor 
exchange.
    (j) In order to ensure that as many different individuals as 
possible are recruited for participation in camp counselor programs, 
sponsors shall limit the number of participants who have previously 
participated more than once in any camp counselor exchange to not more 
than ten percent of the total number of participants that the sponsor 
placed in the immediately preceding year.

[58 FR 15196, Mar. 19, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 16984, Apr. 11, 1994. 
Redesignated at 64 FR 54539, Oct. 7, 1999]