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Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.

Not fewer than two Senators designated to be in

the Senate delegation to each conference of the

Interparliamentary Union shall be members of

the Committee on Foreign Relations.

(June 28, 1935, ch. 322, §4, as added Pub. L. 95–45,

§4(d)(3), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 223.)

§ 276a–3. Executive secretary of American group

of Interparliamentary Union

After December 31, 1977, the executive secretary of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union shall be an officer or employee of the Senate or the House of Representatives and shall be appointed—

(1) by the Chairman of the Senate delegation

upon recommendations of the majority and

minority leaders of the Senate for service during odd-numbered Congresses; and

(2) by the Chairman of the House delegation

for service during even-numbered Congresses.

(June 28, 1935, ch. 322, §5, as added Pub. L. 95–45,

§4(d)(3), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 223.)

§ 276a–4. Auditing of accounts of House and Senate delegations to the Interparliamentary

Union; finality and conclusiveness of certificate of Chairman

The certificate of the Chairman of the respective delegation to the Interparliamentary Union

(or the certificate of the executive secretary of

the American group if the Chairman delegates

such authority to him) shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing

of all accounts of the House and Senate delegations to the Interparliamentary Union.

(June 28, 1935, ch. 322, §6, as added Pub. L. 95–45,

§4(d)(3), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 223.)

§ 276b. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–45, § 4(d)(4), June 15,

1977, 91 Stat. 223

Section, act Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 757, 50 Stat. 770, provided that, on and after Aug. 25, 1937, the certificate of

the president and executive secretary of the American

Group of the Interparliamentary Union be final and

conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing

of all accounts of the Group. See section 276a–4 of this

title.

§ 276c. Designation of Senate delegates to Conferences of the Interparliamentary Union

On and after June 30, 1958, Senate delegates to

Conferences of the Interparliamentary Union

shall be designated by the Presiding Officer of

the Senate. Not less than two Senators so designated shall be members of the Committee on

Foreign Relations.

(Pub. L. 85–474, title I, June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 246;

Pub. L. 94–141, title II, §204(c), Nov. 29, 1975, 89

Stat. 762.)

AMENDMENTS

1975—Pub. L. 94–141 inserted at end ‘‘Not less than

two Senators so designated shall be members of the

Committee on Foreign Relations.’’

§ 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 North Atlantic 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.

(Pub. L. 86–628, §105(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 460;

Pub. L. 90–137, pt. IV, §401(b), Nov. 14, 1967, 81

Stat. 463; Pub. L. 94–59, title XI, §1104, July 25,

1975, 89 Stat. 299; Pub. L. 103–437, §9(a)(2), Nov. 2,

1994, 108 Stat. 4588; Pub. L. 104–186, title II,

§218(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1747.)

AMENDMENTS

1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted ‘‘Clerk’’ for ‘‘Committee on House Administration’’ in last sentence.

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

for ‘‘International Relations’’ wherever appearing.

1975—Pub. L. 94–59 brought reporting requirements

into conformity with other foreign travel expense reporting requirements and into conformity with rules of

House of Representatives.

1967—Pub. L. 90–137 substituted ‘‘North Atlantic Assembly’’ for ‘‘NATO parliamentarian’s Conference’’.

CHANGE OF NAME

Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives by sec-