[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
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[Pages 984-993]
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TITLE 22.--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Chapter 7.--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
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1350 Sec. 276c-1. Reports of expenditures by members of American
groups or delegations and employees; consolidated
reports by Congressional committees; public inspection.
Each chairman or senior member of the House of
Representatives and Senate group or delegation of the United
States group or delegation to the Interparliamentary Union,
the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Canada-United States
Interparliamentary Group, the Mexico-United States
Interparliamentary Group, or any similar interparliamentary
group of which the United States is a member or
participates, by whom or on whose behalf local currencies
owned by the United States are made available and expended
and/or expenditures are made from funds appropriated for the
expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
in the case of the group or delegation of the Senate, or
with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives in the case of the group or
delegation of the House, an itemized report showing all such
expenditures made by or on behalf of each Member or employee
of the group or delegation together with the purposes of the
expenditure, including per diem (lodging and meals),
transportation, and other purposes. Within sixty days after
the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs shall prepare
consolidated reports showing with respect to each such group
or delegation the total amount expended, the purposes of the
expenditures, the amount expended for each such purpose, the
names of the Members or employees by or on behalf of whom
the expenditures were made and the amount expended by or on
behalf of each Member or employee for each such purpose. The
consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate shall be filed
with the Secretary of the Senate, and the consolidated
reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House shall be filed with the Clerk of the
House and shall be open to public inspection. (As amended
Pub.L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588;
Pub.L. 104-186, Title II, Sec. 218(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110
Stat. 1747; Pub.L. 106-113, Div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7). [Div.
A, Title VII, Sec. 701(b)(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat.
1536, 1501A-459).
Subchapter I.--Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group
1351
Sec. 276d. United States group; appointment; term; meetings.
Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be
appointed to meet jointly and at least annually and when
Congress is not in
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session (except that this restriction shall not apply during
the first session of the Eighty-sixth Congress or to
meetings held in the United States) with representatives of
the House of Commons and Senate of the Canadian Parliament
for discussion of common problems in the interests of
relations between the United States and Canada. Of the
Members of the Congress to be appointed for the purposes of
this section (hereinafter designated as the United States
group) half shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
from Members of the House (not less than four of whom shall
be from the Foreign Affairs Committee), and half shall be
appointed by the President of the Senate upon
recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the
Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than four of
whom shall be from the Foreign Relations Committee).
Such appointments shall be for the period of each
meeting of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary group
except for the four members of the Foreign Affairs Committee
and the four members of the Foreign Relations Committee,
whose appointments shall be for the duration of each
Congress.
The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation
shall be a Member from the Foreign Affairs Committee, and,
unless the President of the Senate, upon the recommendation
of the Majority Leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman
or Vice Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member
from the Foreign Relations Committee. (Pub.L. 86-42, Sec. 1,
June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72; Pub.L. 95-45, Sec. 4(a), June
15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; Pub.L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(3), Nov.
2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)
1352 Sec. 276e. Authorization of appropriations; disbursements.
An appropriation of $150,000 annually is authorized,
$75,000 of which shall be for the House delegation and
$75,000 for the Senate delegation, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, to assist in meeting the expenses of the
United States group of the Canada-United States
Interparliamentary group for each fiscal year for which an
appropriation is made, the House and Senate portions of such
appropriation to be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by
the Chairman of the House delegation and the Chairman of the
Senate delegation, respectively. (Pub.L. 86-42, Sec. 2, June
11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72; Pub.L. 94-350, Title I, Sec. 118(a),
July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 827; Pub.L. 103-236, Title V,
Sec. 502(a)(2), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 462; Pub.L. 107-77,
Title IV, Sec. 408(b)(3), Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 791).
Subchapter II.--Mexico-United States Interparliamentary
Group
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Sec. 276h. United States group; appointment; term; meetings.
Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be
appointed to meet jointly and at least annually with
representatives of the Chamber of Deputies and Chamber of
Senators of the Mexican Congress for discussion of common
problems in the interests of relations between the United
States and Mexico. Of the Members of the Congress to be
appointed for the purposes of this section (hereinafter
designated as the United States group) half shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the
House (not less than four of whom shall be from the Foreign
Affairs Committee), and half shall be appointed by the
President of the Senate upon recommendations of the
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majority and minority leaders of the Senate from Members of
the Senate (not less than four of whom shall be from the
Foreign Relations Committee). Such appointments shall be for
the period of each meeting of the Mexico-United States
Interparliamentary group except for the four members of the
Foreign Affairs Committee, and the four members of the
Foreign Relations Committee, whose appointments shall be for
the duration of each Congress. The Chairman or Vice Chairman
of the House delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign
Affairs Committee, and, unless the President of the Senate,
upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, determines
otherwise, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate
delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Relations
Committee. (Pub.L. 86-420, Sec. 1, Apr. 9, 1960, 74 Stat.
40; Pub.L. 95-45, Sec. 4(b), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222;
Pub.L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(4), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)
1354 Sec. 276i. Authorization of appropriations; disbursements.
An appropriation of $120,000 annually is authorized,
$60,000 of which shall be for the House delegation and
$60,000 for the Senate delegation, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, to assist in meeting the expenses of the
United States group of the Mexico-United States
Interparliamentary group for each fiscal year for which an
appropriation is made, the House and Senate portions of such
appropriation to be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by
the Chairman of the House delegation and the Chairman of the
Senate delegation, respectively. (As amended Pub.L. 101-515,
Title III, Sec. 304(c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2129; Pub.L.
103-236, Title V, Sec. 502(a)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat.
461; Pub.L. 107-77, Title IV, Sec. 408(b)(2), Nov. 28, 2001,
115 Stat. 790).
1355 Sec. 276l. British-American Interparliamentary Group.
(a) Establishment and meetings
Not to exceed 24 Members of Congress shall be appointed
to meet annually and when the Congress is not in session
(except that this restriction shall not apply to meetings
held in the United States), with representatives of the
House of Commons and the House of Lords of the Parliament of
Great Britain for discussion of common problems in the
interest of relations between the United States and Great
Britain. The Members of Congress so appointed shall be
referred to as the ``United States group'' of the United
States Interparliamentary Group.
(b) Appointment of members
Of the Members of Congress appointed for purposes of
this section--
(1) half shall be appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives from among
Members of the House (not less than 4 of whom
shall be members of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs), and
(2) half shall be appointed by the President
pro tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations
of the majority and minority leaders of the
Senate, from among Members of the Senate (not
less than 4 of whom shall be members of the
Committee on Foreign Relations) unless the
majority and minority leaders of the Senate
determine otherwise.
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(c) Chair and Vice Chair
(1) The Chair or Vice Chair of the House delegation of
the United States group shall be a member from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
(2) The President pro tempore of the Senate shall
designate the Chair or Vice Chair of the Senate delegation.
(d) Funding
There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000 for each
fiscal year to assist in meeting the expenses of the United
States group for each fiscal year for which an appropriation
is made, half of which shall be for the House delegation and
half of which shall be for the Senate delegation. The House
and Senate portions of such appropriations shall be
disbursed on vouchers to be approved by the Chair of the
House delegation and the Chair of the Senate delegation,
respectively.
(e) Certification of expenditures
The certificate of the Chair of the House delegation or
the Senate delegation of the United States group shall be
final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the
auditing of the accounts of the United States group.
(f) Annual report
The United States group shall submit to the Congress a
report for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is
made for the United States group, which shall include its
expenditures under such appropriation.
(g) [Omitted.] (Pub.L. 102-138, Title I, Sec. 168, Oct. 28,
1991, 105 Stat. 676.)
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Sec. 276m. United States Delegation to Parliamentary
Assembly of Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe (CSCE).
(a) Establishment
In accordance with the allocation of seats to the United
States in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe (hereinafter referred to
as the ``CSCE Assembly'') not to exceed 17 Members of
Congress shall be appointed to meet jointly and annually
with representative parliamentary groups from other
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
member-nations for the purposes of--
(1) assessing the implementation of the
objectives of the CSCE;
(2) discussing subjects addressed during the
meetings of the Council of Ministers for Foreign
Affairs and the biennial Summit of Heads of
State or Government;
(3) initiating and promoting such national
and multilateral measures as may further
cooperation and security in Europe.
(b) Appointment of Delegation
For each meeting of the CSCE Assembly, there shall be
appointed a United States Delegation, as follows:
(1) In 1992 and every even-numbered year
thereafter, 9 Members shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House from Members of the House
(not less than 4 of whom, including the Chairman
of the United States Delegation, shall be from
the Committee on
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Foreign Affairs); and 8 Members shall, upon
recommendations of the Majority and Minority
leaders of the Senate, be appointed by the
President pro tempore of the Senate from Members
of the Senate (not less than 4 of whom,
including the Vice Chairman of the United States
Delegation, shall be from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, unless the President pro
tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of
the Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate,
determines otherwise).
(2) In every odd-numbered year beginning in
1993, 9 Members shall, upon recommendation of
the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate,
be appointed by the President pro tempore of the
Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than
4 of whom, including the Chairman of the United
States Delegation, shall be from the Committee
on Foreign Relations, unless the President pro
tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of
the Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate,
determines otherwise); and 8 Members shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the House from
Members of the House (not less than 4 of whom,
including the Vice Chairman, shall be from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs).
(c) Administrative support
For the purpose of providing general staff support and
continuity between successive delegations, each United
States Delegation shall have 2 secretaries (one of whom
shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and one of
whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Delegation of
the Senate).
(d) Funding
(1) United States participation
There is authorized to be appropriated for
each fiscal year $80,000 to assist in meeting
the expenses of the United States delegation.
For each fiscal year for which an appropriation
is made under this subsection, half of such
appropriation may be disbursed on voucher to be
approved by the Chairman and half of such
appropriation may be disbursed on voucher to be
approved by the Vice Chairman.
(2) Availability of appropriations
Amounts appropriated pursuant to this
subsection are authorized to be available until
expended.
(e) Annual report
The United States Delegation shall, for each fiscal year
for which an appropriation is made, submit to the Congress a
report including its expenditures under such appropriation.
The certificate of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
United States Delegation shall be final and conclusive upon
the accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts of
the United States Delegation. (Pub.L. 102-138, Title I,
Sec. 169, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 677.)
Note
There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal
year $50,000 for expenses of United States participation in
the United States-European Community Interparliamentary
Group. (November 22, 1983, Public Law 98-164, Sec. 109(c),
as amended September 19, 1986, Public Law 99-415, Sec. 7(b),
and October 1, 1988, Public Law 100-459, Sec. 303(c).)
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Subchapter II-C. United States Senate-China
Interparliamentary Group
Sec. 276n. United States Senate-China Interparliamentary
Group
(a) Establishment and meetings
Not to exceed 12 Senators shall be appointed to meet
annually with representatives of the National People's
Congress of the People's Republic of China for discussion of
common problems in the interest of relations between the
United States and China. The Senators so appointed shall be
referred to as the ``United States group'' of the United
States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group.
(b) Appointment of members
The President pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint
Senators under this section upon the recommendations of the
majority and minority leaders of the Senate. The President
pro tempore of the Senate shall designate 1 Senator as the
Chair of the United States group.
(c) Funding
There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each
fiscal year to assist in meeting the expenses of the United
States group for each fiscal year for which an appropriation
is made. Appropriations shall be disbursed on vouchers to be
approved by the Chair of the United States group.
(d) Certification of expenditures
The certificate of the Chair of the United States group
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers
in the auditing of the accounts of the United States group.
(e) Fiscal year 2004 funding
There is authorized within the contingent fund of the
Senate under the appropriation account ``MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS'' $75,000 for fiscal year 2004 to assist in meeting
the official expenses of the United States Senate-China
Interparliamentary Group including conference room expenses,
hospitality expenses, and food and food-related expenses.
Expenses shall be paid on vouchers to be approved by the
Chair of the United States group. The Secretary of the
Senate is authorized to advance such sums as necessary to
carry out this subsection.
(f) Appropriations
There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, $100,000 for the United States Senate-
China Interparliamentary Group.
(g) Effective date
(1) In general
Subsections (a) though (d) of this section shall apply
to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
(2) Fiscal year 2004
Subsections (e) and (f) of this section shall apply to
fiscal year 2004. (Pub.L. 108-199, Div. H, Sec. 153, Jan.
23, 2004, 118 Stat. 448.)
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Subchapter II-D. United States Senate-Russia
Interparliamentary Group
Sec. 276o. United States Senate-Russia Interparliamentary
Group
(a) Establishment and meetings
Not to exceed 12 Senators shall be appointed to meet
annually with representatives of the Federation Council of
Russia for discussion of common problems in the interest of
relations between the United States and Russia. The Senators
so appointed shall be referred to as the ``United States
group'' of the United States Senate-Russia
Interparliamentary Group.
(b) Appointment of members
The majority and minority leaders of the Senate shall
appoint the Senators of the United States group. The
majority leader of the Senate shall designate 1 Senator as
the Chair of the United States group.
(c) Funding
There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each
fiscal year to assist in meeting the expenses of the United
States group for each fiscal year for which an appropriation
is made. Appropriations shall be disbursed on vouchers to be
approved by the Chair of the United States group.
(d) Certification of expenditures
The certificate of the Chair of the United States group
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers
in the auditing of the accounts of the United States group.
(e) Fiscal year 2004 funding
There is authorized within the contingent fund of the
Senate under the appropriation account ``MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS'' $75,000 for fiscal year 2004 to assist in meeting
the official expenses of the United States Senate-Russia
Interparliamentary Group including conference room expenses,
hospitality expenses, and food and food-related expenses.
Expenses shall be paid on vouchers to be approved by the
Chair of the United States group. The Secretary of the
Senate is authorized to advance such sums as necessary to
carry out this subsection.
(f) Appropriations
There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, $100,000 for the United States Senate-
Russia Interparliamentary Group.
(g) Effective date
(1) In general
Subsections (a) though (d) of this section shall apply
to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
(2) Fiscal year 2004
Subsections (e) and (f) of this section shall apply to
fiscal year 2004. (Pub.L. 108-199, Div. H, Sec. 154, Jan.
23, 2004, 118 Stat. 449.)
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Chapter 24.--MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM
1359 Sec. 1754. Foreign currencies.
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(b) Availability to Members and employees of Congress;
authorization requirements; reports
(1)(A) Notwithstanding section 1306 of title 31, or any
other provision of law--
(i) local currencies owned by the United
States, which are in excess of the amounts
reserved under section 2362(a) of this title,
and of the requirements of the United States
Government in payment of its obligations outside
the United States, as such requirements may be
determined from time to time by the President;
and
(ii) any other local currencies owned by the
United States in amounts not to exceed the
equivalent of $75 per day per person or the
maximum per diem allowance established under the
authority of subchapter I of chapter 57 of Title
5 for employees of the United States Government
while traveling in a foreign country, whichever
is greater, exclusive of the actual cost of
transportation;
shall be made available to Members and employees of the
Congress for their local currency expenses when authorized
as provided in subparagraph (B).
(B) The authorization required for purposes of
subparagraph (A) may be provided--
(i) by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives in the case of a Member or
employee of the House;
(ii) by the chairman of a standing or select
committee of the House of Representatives in the
case of a member or employee of that committee;
(iii) by the President of the Senate, the
President pro tempore of the Senate, the
Majority Leader of the Senate, or the Minority
Leader of the Senate, in the case of a Member or
employee of the Senate;
(iv) by the chairman of a standing, select,
or special committee of the Senate in the case
of a member or employee of that committee or of
an employee of a member of that committee; and
(v) by the chairman of a joint committee of
the Congress in the case of a member or employee
of that committee.
(C) Whenever local currencies owned by the United States
are not otherwise available for purposes of this subsection,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase such local
currencies as may be necessary for such purposes, using any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
(2) On a quarterly basis, the chairman of each committee
of the House of Representatives or the Senate and of each
joint committee of the Congress (A) shall prepare a
consolidated report (i) which itemizes the amounts and
dollar equivalent values of each foreign currency expended
and the amounts of dollar expenditures from appropriated
funds in connection with travel outside the United States,
stating the purposes of the expenditures including per diem
(lodging and meals), transportation, and other purposes, and
(ii) which shows the total itemized expenditures, by such
committee and by each member or employee of such committee
(including in the case of a committee of the Senate, each
employee
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of a member of the committee who received an authorization
under paragraph (1) from the chairman of the committee); and
(B) shall forward such consolidated report to the Clerk of
the House of Representatives (if the committee is a
committee of the House of Representatives or a joint
committee whose funds are disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House) or to the Secretary of
the Senate (if the committee is a committee of the Senate or
a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate). Each such consolidated report shall be open
to public inspection and shall be published in the
Congressional Record within ten legislative days after the
report is forwarded pursuant to this paragraph. In the case
of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives, such consolidated report may, in the
discretion of the chairman of the committee, omit such
information as would identify the foreign countries in which
members and employees of that committee traveled.
(3)(A) Each Member or employee who receives an
authorization under paragraph (1) from the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the
President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority Leader of
the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall
within thirty days after the completion of the travel
involved, submit a report setting forth the information
specified in paragraph (2), to the extent applicable, to the
Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the case of a
Member of the House or an employee whose salary is disbursed
by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House) or the
Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a Member of the
Senate or an employee whose salary is disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate). In the case of an authorization
for a group of Members or employees, such reports shall be
submitted for all Members of the group by its chairman, or
if there is no designated chairman, by the ranking Member or
if the group does not include a Member, by the senior
employee in the group. Each report submitted pursuant to
this subparagraph shall be open to public inspection.
(B) On a quarterly basis, the Clerk of the House of
Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall each
prepare a consolidation of the reports received by them
under this paragraph with respect to expenditures during the
preceding quarter by each Member and employee or by each
group in the case of expenditures made on behalf of a group
which are not allocable to individual members of the group.
Each such consolidation shall be open to public inspection
and shall be published in the Congressional Record within
ten legislative days after its completion. (Aug. 26, 1954,
ch. 937, Title V, Sec. 502, 68 Stat. 849, amended Sept. 3,
1954, ch. 1262, Sec. 104, 68 Stat. 1223; July 8, 1955, ch.
301, Sec. 9(a), 69 Stat. 288; July 18, 1956, ch. 627,
Sec. 9(b), 70 Stat. 560; June 30, 1958, Sec. 401(a), 72
Stat. 268; August 27, 1958, Pub.L. 85-766, ch. X, Sec. 1001,
72 Stat. 880; May 14, 1960, Pub.L. 86-472, Sec. 401(a), 74
Stat. 138; July 12, 1960, Pub.L. 86-628, Sec. 105(a), 74
Stat. 460; Sept. 4, 1961, Pub.L. 87-195, Pt. III,
Sec. 642(a)(2), 75 Stat. 460; Oct. 7, 1964, Pub.L. 88-633,
78 Stat. 1015; Oct. 18, 1973, Pub.L. 93-126, Sec. 5, 87
Stat. 452; Aug. 13, 1974, Pub.L. 93-371, Sec. 107, 88 Stat.
444; July 25, 1975, Pub.L. 94-59, Title XI, Sec. 1105, 89
Stat. 299; Dec. 18, 1975, Pub.L. 94-157, Title I, ch. IV, 89
Stat. 837; July 12, 1976, Pub.L. 94-350, Title IV, Sec. 402,
90 Stat. 833; Oct. 1, 1976, Pub.L. 94-440, Title I,
Sec. 109, 90 Stat.
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1445; Sept. 26, 1978, Pub.L. 95-384, Sec. 22(a), 92 Stat.
742; Aug. 20, 1996, Pub.L. 104-186, Title II, Sec. 218(2),
110 Stat. 1747.)
1360 Sec. 1928a. North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference;
participation; appointment of United States Group.
Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be
appointed to meet jointly and annually with representative
parliamentary groups from other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization) members, for discussion of common problems in
the interests of the maintenance of peace and security in
the North Atlantic area. Of the Members of the Congress to
be appointed for the purposes of this resolution
(hereinafter designated as the ``United States Group''),
half shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from
Members of the House (not less than four of whom shall be
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs), and half shall be
appointed by the President of the Senate upon
recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the
Senate from Members of the Senate. Not more than seven of
the appointees from the Senate shall be of the same
political party. The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House
delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Affairs
Committee, and, unless the President of the Senate, upon the
recommendation of the Majority Leader, determines otherwise,
the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate delegation shall
be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee. Each
delegation shall have a secretary. The secretaries of the
Senate and House delegations shall be appointed,
respectively, by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (July 11,
1956, ch. 562, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 523; Dec. 16, 1963, Pub.L.
88-205, Pt. IV, Sec. 406, 77 Stat. 392; Pub.L. 95-45
Sec. 4(c), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; H. Res. 89, February
5, 1979; December 22, 1987, Pub.L. 100-204, Title VII,
Sec. 744(a), 101 Stat. 1396; Pub.L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(5),
Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)
1361 Sec. 1928b. Authorization of appropriations.
There is authorized to be appropriated annually (1) for
the annual contribution of the United States toward the
maintenance of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, such sum as
may be agreed upon by the United States Group and approved
by such Assembly, but in no event to exceed for any year an
amount equal to 25 per centum of the total annual
contributions made for that year by all members of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization toward the maintenance of such
Assembly, and (2) $200,000, $100,000 for the House
delegation and $100,000 for the Senate delegation, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to assist in meeting the
expenses of the United States Group of the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly for each fiscal year for which an
appropriation is made, such appropriation to be dispersed on
voucher to be approved by the Chairman of the House
delegation and the Chairman of the Senate delegation. (July
11, 1956, ch. 562, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 523; June 30, 1958,
Pub.L. 85-477, ch. V, Sec. 502(d), 72 Stat. 273; Nov. 14,
1967, Pub.L. 90-137, Pt. IV, Sec. 401(a), 81 Stat. 463; Feb.
7, 1972, Pub.L. 92-226, Pt. IV, Sec. 405, 86 Stat. 34; Dec.
22, 1987, Pub.L. 100-202, Sec. 101(a) [Title III, Sec. 303],
101 Stat. 1329, 1329-23; Dec. 22, 1987, Pub.L. 100-204,
Title VII, Sec. 744(b), 101 Stat. 1396; Nov. 29, 1999,
Pub.L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7), 113 Stat. 1501A-459; Nov.
28, 2001, Pub.L. 107-77, Title IV, Sec. 408(b)(1), 115 Stat.
790.)
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