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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.

§ 276i. Authorization of appropriations; disbursements

An appropriation of $80,000 annually is authorized, $40,000 of which shall be for the House delegation and $40,000 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.

(Pub. L. 86–420, §2, Apr. 9, 1960, 74 Stat. 40; Pub.

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

827; Pub. L. 101–515, title III, §304(c), Nov. 5, 1990,

104 Stat. 2129; Pub. L. 103–236, title V, §502(a)(1),

Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 461.)

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–236 substituted ‘‘$80,000’’ for

‘‘$100,000’’ and substituted ‘‘$40,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000’’ in two

places.

1990—Pub. L. 101–515 substituted ‘‘$100,000’’ for

‘‘$50,000’’ and ‘‘$50,000’’ 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.

§ 276j. Report to Congress

The United States group of the Mexico-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. 86–420, §3, Apr. 9, 1960, 74 Stat. 40.)

§ 276k. Auditing of accounts

The certificate of the Chairman of the House

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

shall on and after April 9, 1960 be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts of the United States

group of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary group.

(Pub. L. 86–420, §4, Apr. 9, 1960, 74 Stat. 40.)

SUBCHAPTER II–A—BRITISH-AMERICAN

INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

§ 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.

(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
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an appropriation is made for the United States

group, which shall include its expenditures

under such appropriation.

(Pub. L. 102–138, title I, §168, Oct. 28, 1991, 105

Stat. 676.)

CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of section 168 of Pub. L. 102–138.

Subsec. (g) of section 168 of Pub. L. 102–138 amended

section 1928e of this title.

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.

SUBCHAPTER II–B—UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

OF CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (CSCE)

§ 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 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 1 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.2 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, §169, Oct. 28, 1991, 105

Stat. 677.)

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.

EX. ORD. NO. 13029. CHANGE OF NAME OF CONFERENCE ON

SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

Ex. Ord. No. 13029, Dec. 3, 1996, 61 F.R. 64591, provided

in part that effective Jan. 1, 1995, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe would be called the

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.