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bers 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, §1, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72; Pub.

L. 95–45, §4(a), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; Pub. L.

103–437, §9(a)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’

for ‘‘International Relations’’ wherever appearing.

1977—Pub. L. 95–45 substituted ‘‘International Relations Committee’’ for ‘‘Foreign Affairs Committee’’ as

the name of the House Committee from which not less

than four of the House appointees must be drawn, inserted requirement that the appointment of the Senate

appointees by the President of the Senate be made

upon the recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and inserted provision that

the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation be a Member from the International Relations

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 be a Member from the Foreign

Relations Committee.

CHANGE OF NAME

Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding

section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

§ 276e. Authorization of appropriations; disbursements

An appropriation of $70,000 annually is authorized, $35,000 of which shall be for the House delegation and $35,000 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, §2, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72; Pub.

L. 94–350, title I, §118(a), July 12, 1976, 90 Stat.

827; Pub. L. 103–236, title V, §502(a)(2), Apr. 30,

1994, 108 Stat. 462.)

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–236 substituted ‘‘$70,000’’ for

‘‘$50,000’’ and substituted ‘‘$35,000’’ for ‘‘$25,000’’ in two

places.

1976—Pub. L. 94–350 increased annual appropriations

authorization to $50,000 from $30,000 and amount for the

House and Senate delegations to $25,000 from $15,000.

PERMANENT APPROPRIATION FOR DELEGATION EXPENSES

A permanent appropriation to carry out this section

is contained in section 101(a) [title III, §303] of Pub. L.

100–202, set out as a note under section 276 of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Reports of expenditures by members of United States

group, and by employees of the Senate or House of Representatives, see section 276c–1 of this title.

§ 276f. Report to Congress

The United States group of the Canada-United

States Interparliamentary group shall submit to

the Congress a report for each fiscal year for

which an appropriation is made including its expenditures under such appropriation.

(Pub. L. 86–42, §3, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 73.)

§ 276g. Auditing of accounts

The certificate of the Chairman of the House

delegation or the Senate delegation of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary group

shall hereafter be final and conclusive upon the

accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts of the United States group of the CanadaUnited States Interparliamentary group.

(Pub. L. 86–42, §4, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 73.)

SUBCHAPTER II—MEXICO-UNITED STATES

INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

§ 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 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 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, §1, Apr. 9, 1960, 74 Stat. 40; Pub.

L. 95–45, §4(b), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; Pub. L.

103–437, §9(a)(4), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’

for ‘‘International Relations’’ wherever appearing.

1977—Pub. L. 95–45 substituted ‘‘International Relations Committee’’ for ‘‘Foreign Affairs Committee’’ as