[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: 22CFR63.1]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 63--PAYMENTS TO AND ON BEHALF OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 63.1  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this part the following terms shall have the 
meaning here given:
    (a) International educational and cultural exchange program of the 
Department of State. A program to promote mutual understanding between 
the people of the United States and those of other countries and to 
strengthen cooperative international relations in connection with which 
payments are made direct by the Department of State, as well as similar 
programs carried out by other Government departments and agencies and by 
private organizations with funds appropriated or allocated to the 
Department of State when the regulations in this part apply under the 
provisions of Sec. 515.2 (a) and (b).
    (b) Program and Agency. For convenience, the international 
educational and cultural exchange program of the Department of State 
will hereinafter be referred to as the ``program,'' and the Department 
of State will hereinafter be referred to as the ``Agency.''
    (c) Participant. Any person taking part in the program for purposes 
listed in Sec. 515.3 through Sec. 515.8 including both citizens of the 
United States and citizens and nationals of the other countries with 
which the program is conducted.
    (d) Transportation. All necessary travel on railways, airplanes, 
steamships, buses, streetcars, taxicabs, and other usual means of 
conveyance.
    (e) Excess baggage. Baggage in excess of the weight or size carried 
free by public carriers on first class service.
    (f) Per diem allowance. Per diem in lieu of subsistence includes all 
charges for meals and lodging; fees and tips; telegrams and telephone 
calls reserving hotel accommodations; laundry, cleaning and pressing of 
clothing; transportation between places of lodging or business and 
places where meals are taken.