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tion 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding

section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

§ 276c–2. Employee benefits for United States citizen-representatives to international financial institutions; Treasury Department as collecting, accounting, and depositing agency

for employee payments; contributions from

appropriated funds

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other

law, the Executive Directors and Directors and

their alternates, representing the United States

in the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction

and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Bank for Economic Cooperation

and Development in the Middle East and North

Africa, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the African Development Bank, and the Inter-American Investment

Corporation, shall, if they are citizens of the

United States, in the discretion of the Secretary

of the Treasury, each be eligible on the basis of

such service and the total compensation received therefor, for all employee benefits afforded employees in the civil service of the

United States. The Treasury Department shall

serve as the employing office for collecting, accounting for, and depositing in the Civil Service

Retirement and Disability Fund, Employees Life

Insurance Fund, and Employees Health Benefits

Fund, all retirement and health insurance benefits payments made by these employees, and

shall make any necessary agency contributions

from funds appropriated to the Department of

the Treasury.

(Pub. L. 91–599, ch. 5, §51, Dec. 30, 1970, 84 Stat.

1659; Pub. L. 95–612, §4, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3092;

Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, §1342(d), Aug. 13, 1981, 95

Stat. 743; Pub. L. 98–473, title I, §101(1)[title I],

Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1884, 1885; Pub. L. 101–513,

title V, §562(c)(10)(C), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2036;

Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(c) [title VII,

§710(c)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–121,

3009–181.)

CODIFICATION

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473 is based on section

211(b) of title II of S. 2416, Ninety-eighth Congress, as

introduced in the Senate on Mar. 13, 1984, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–473.

AMENDMENTS

1996—Pub. L. 104–208 inserted ‘‘the Bank for Economic

Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and

North Africa,’’ after ‘‘the Inter-American Development

Bank,’’.

1990—Pub. L. 101–513 inserted ‘‘the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development,’’ before ‘‘the InterAmerican Development Bank,’’.

1984—Pub. L. 98–473 inserted reference to the InterAmerican Investment Corporation.

1981—Pub. L. 97–35 inserted reference to the African

Development Bank.

1978—Pub. L. 95–612 prescribed requirement of citizenship to be eligible for employee benefits, extended the

benefits to representatives to the African Development

Fund, substituted provision for contributions from appropriated funds for prior provision for contributions

from the fund established under section 822a(a) of title

31, and struck out provision making section effective

Dec. 14, 1966.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981,

see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an Effective

Date note under section 290i of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT

Section 7 of Pub. L. 95–612 provided that: ‘‘This Act

[amending this section, section 5108 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and section 822a of

former Title 31, Money and Finance, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 5108 of Title 5]

shall take effect on October 1, 1978, or on such later

date as funds are made available pursuant to appropriation Acts authorized by section 5 of this Act [authorizing appropriations of $24,000,000 for fiscal year 1979; not

classified to the Code].’’ Section 7 of Pub. L. 95–612 was

repealed as executed by Pub. L. 97–258, §5(b), Sept. 13,

1982, 96 Stat. 1088, section 1 of which enacted Title 31,

Money and Finance.

§ 276c–3. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–240, title V,

§ 541(d)(7), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2518

Section, Pub. L. 98–181, title X, §1006, Nov. 30, 1983, 97

Stat. 1287, related to personnel practices at the InterAmerican Development Bank, Asian Development

Bank, and African Development Bank.

§ 276c–4. Employment of United States citizens

by certain international organizations

Not less than 180 days after October 28, 1991,

and each year thereafter, the Secretary of State

shall submit a report to the Congress concerning

each international organization which had a geographic distribution formula in effect on January 1, 1991, of whether each such organization—

(1) is taking good faith steps to increase the

staffing of United States citizens; and

(2) has met its geographic distribution formula.

(Pub. L. 102–138, title I, §181, Oct. 28, 1991, 105

Stat. 682.)

SUBCHAPTER I—CANADA-UNITED STATES

INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

§ 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 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 subchapter (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 mem-