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port of the International Bureau of Intellectual Property for the period from July 1, 1950, through June 30,

1959, and for the payment by the United States of its

share of the expenses of the Bureau.

1972—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–511, §1(1), substituted

‘‘International Bureau of Intellectual Property’’ for

‘‘International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial

Property’’.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–511, §1(2), substituted provisions authorizing appropriation of sums as determined

under article 16(4) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property up to a maximum of 4.5

percent of the total expenses apportioned among member countries, for provisions authorizing appropriation

of sums for payment by the United States of its proportionate share not exceeding $15,000 annually.

1963—Pub. L. 88–69 increased the limitation on the annual appropriation authorization from $7,250 to $15,000.

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS

Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of

membership in various international organizations

were contained in acts listed in a note set out under

section 269a of this title.

§ 269g. Private International Law Conference at

The Hague and Private Law International Institute in Rome; membership; appointment of

delegates

The President is hereby authorized to accept

membership for the Government of the United

States in (1) the Hague Conference on Private

International Law and (2) the International

(Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private

Law, and to appoint the United States delegates

and their alternates to meetings of the two organizations, and the committees and organs

thereof.

(Pub. L. 88–244, §1, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 775.)

§ 269g–1. Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated such

sums as may be necessary for the payment by

the United States of its proportionate share of

the expenses of the Hague Conference on Private

International Law and of the International

(Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private

Law.

(Pub. L. 88–244, §2, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 775; Pub.

L. 92–497, Oct. 17, 1972, 86 Stat. 814; Pub. L.

97–241, title I, §114, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 278.)

AMENDMENTS

1982—Pub. L. 97–241 struck out provision that no payment of the United States for any year exceed 7 per

centum of all expenses apportioned among members for

that year.

1972—Pub. L. 92–497 substituted provisions authorizing to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary

for the payment of the United States of its proportionate share, except that no payment of the United

States for any year shall exceed 7 per centum of all expenses apportioned among members for that year, for

provisions authorizing to be appropriated such sums as

may be necessary, not to exceed $25,000 annually, for

the payment by the United States of its proportionate

share.

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS

Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of

membership in various international organizations

were contained in acts listed in a note set out under

section 269a of this title.

§ 269h. International Union for the Publication of

Customs Tariffs; authorization of annual appropriations for expenses

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated

annually to the Department of State such sums

as may be necessary, including contributions

pursuant to the convention of July 5, 1890, as

amended, for the payment by the United States

of its share of the expenses of the International

Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs

and of the Bureau established to carry out the

functions of the Union, but not to exceed 6 per

centum of such expenses per annum.

(Pub. L. 90–569, Oct. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 1003.)

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS

Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of

membership in various international organizations

were contained in acts listed in a note set out under

section 269a of this title.

§§ 270 to 270g. Repealed. Pub. L. 88–619, § 3, Oct.

3, 1964, 78 Stat. 995

Sections 270 to 270c, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, §§1–4, 46

Stat. 1005, 1006, related to international tribunals, the

administration of oaths, perjury, testimony of witnesses, production of documentary evidence, subpoena

power, contempt and its punishment, the authority of

commissioners to take evidence, and to procedure. See

section 1782 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Sections 270d to 270g, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, §§5–8,

as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 117, 118, related to

international tribunals, issuance of subpoenas upon application of United States’ agent to United States district court, proceedings thereon, notice to foreign governments, forwarding of certified transcripts of testimony to agents of United States and any opposing government, perjury and contempt and the penalties therefor, and declared the Supreme Court of the District of

Columbia to be a district court of the United States.

See section 1782 of Title 28.

§ 271. International Labor Organization; membership

The President is authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States of

America in the International Labor Organization, which, through its general conference of

representatives of its members and through its

International Labor Office, collects information

concerning labor throughout the world and prepares international conventions for the consideration of member governments with a view to

improving conditions of labor.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 676, §1, 48 Stat. 1182.)

ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTITUTION BY UNITED STATES

Section 1 of act June 30, 1948, ch. 756, 62 Stat. 1151,

provided: ‘‘That the President is hereby authorized to

accept for the Government of the United States of

America the Constitution of the International Labor

Organization Instrument of Amendment adopted by the

Twenty-ninth Session of the International Labor Conference on October 9, 1946.’’

ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BY

UNITED STATES

Pub. L. 88–65, July 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 80, provided:

‘‘That the President is hereby authorized to accept on

behalf of the United States of America the instrument

for the amendment of the constitution of the International Labor Organization adopted at Geneva on