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REPEALS

Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub.

L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, §8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.

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.

LIMITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributions by United States, except for special

projects, limited to amount provided by Joint Res.

Sept. 21, 1950; consent by State Department and reports

to Congress, see section 262a of this title.

§ 280c. Employment of personnel with specialized

skills

The Secretary is authorized, when the Commission is desirous of obtaining the services of a

person having special scientific or other technical or professional qualifications, from time

to time to detail, or authorize the detail of, for

temporary service to or in cooperation with the

Commission, any person in the employ or service of the Government of the United States who

has such qualifications, with the approval of the

Government agency in which such person is employed or serving, under the same conditions as

those governing the detail of officers and employees of the United States Government to the

government of another country in accordance

with the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1938 (52

Stat. 442), as amended, except that the authority

vested in the President under that Act shall be

vested in the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out this section.

(Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, §4, 62 Stat. 16.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of May 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 442), as amended, referred

to in text, is act May 25, 1938, ch. 277, 52 Stat. 442, as

amended, which was classified to section 118e of former

title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, and was repealed by act Jan. 26,

1948, ch. 36, §1004(a), 62 Stat. 13. Section 1004(c) of act

Jan. 26, 1948, provided that any reference to provisions

of act May 25, 1938 shall be construed to be applicable

to the appropriate provisions of titles III and IX of act

Jan. 26, 1948 [see sections 1451 et seq., 1478 and 1479 of

this title].

SUBCHAPTER VIII—CARIBBEAN

COMMISSION

§ 280h. Representation in Caribbean Commission;

appointment of commissioners and alternates

The President is hereby authorized to accept

membership for the United States in the Caribbean Commission, created by ‘‘An agreement for

the establishment of the Caribbean Commission,’’ signed in Washington on October 30, 1946,

by representatives of the Governments of the

French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland, and the United States of

America, and to appoint the United States Commissioners, and their alternates, thereto.

(Mar. 4, 1948, ch. 97, §1, 62 Stat. 66.)

PURPOSE OF COMMISSION

In defining the purposes of act Mar. 4, 1948, Congress

stated that:

‘‘Whereas representatives of the Governments of the

French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

and the United States of America signed ‘An Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission’ in Washington on October 30, 1946, which agreement continued and extended the international cooperative arrangements initiated in 1942 between the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

and the United States; and

‘‘Whereas the purpose of the Caribbean Commission is

to encourage and strengthen international cooperation

in promoting the economic and social welfare and advancement of the non-self-governing territories in the

Caribbean area, whose economic and social development is of vital interest to the security of the United

States, in accordance with the principles set forth in

chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations: Therefore be it’’.

ACCEPTANCE OF CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT

Pub. L. 87–73, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 194, provided:

‘‘That the President is hereby authorized to accept on

behalf of the Government of the United States of America the ‘Agreement for the Establishment of the Caribbean Organization’ signed at Washington on June 21,

1960, by representatives of the Governments of the Republic of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

and the United States of America; that the participation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States in the Caribbean Organization is hereby authorized; that the Caribbean Organization shall, upon promulgation by the President of

an Executive order to this effect, be entitled to the

privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by

the International Organizations Immunities Act (59

Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288); and that the Secretary of State

is hereby authorized to appoint or designate a United

States observer to the Caribbean Organization.’’

TERMINATION OF CARIBBEAN COMMISSION

Article III of the Agreement of the Establishment of

the Caribbean Organization provides that ‘‘On the termination of the Agreement for the establishment of the

Caribbean Commission, signed at Washington on October 30, 1946, the assets of the Caribbean Commission

shall be and are by virtue of this Agreement transferred to and vested in the Caribbean Organization. The

Caribbean Organization is hereby authorized to assume

at the same time the liabilities of the Caribbean Commission and shall be regarded as the successor body to

the Caribbean Commission.’’

Article IV of such Agreement provides that ‘‘The

Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean

Commission shall terminate at the end of the first

meeting of the Caribbean Council provided for in the

Statute annexed to this Agreement.’’

EX. ORD. NO. 10609. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO

APPOINT ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS

Ex. Ord. No. 10609, May 7, 1955, 20 F.R. 3147, provided:

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301

of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and

as President of the United States, it is ordered that the

Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, designated and

empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, so much of the

authority vested in the President by the first section of

the Joint Resolution of March 4, 1948, entitled ‘‘Joint

Resolution providing for membership and participation

by the United States in the Caribbean Commission and

authorizing an appropriation therefor’’ (62 Stat. 66; 22

U.S.C. 280h) as consists of authority to appoint alternate United States Commissioners to the Caribbean

Commission.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.