22 USC § 2521 - Foreign language proficiency

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2521"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2521 - Foreign language proficiency"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2521"
section_name: "Foreign language proficiency"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "THE PEACE CORPS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 24, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 624.)"
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# § 2521. Foreign language proficiency

No person shall be assigned to duty as a volunteer under this chapter in any foreign country or area unless at the time of such assignment he possesses such reasonable proficiency as his assignment requires in speaking the language of the country or area to which he is assigned.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 24, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 624.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Peace Corps Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.