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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2468 

To establish a United States-India interparliamentary exchange group. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2009 

Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a United States-India interparliamentary 

exchange group. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-India 

5 Interparliamentary Exchange Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-INDIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY EX7 CHANGE GROUP. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEETINGS.—There is es9 tablished a United States-India Interparliamentary Ex10 change Group. Not to exceed 12 Members of Congress 

11 shall be appointed to meet annually and when Congress 


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1 is not in session (except that this restriction shall not 

2 apply to meetings held in the United States) with rep3 resentatives of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of the 

4 Parliament of India for discussion of common issues in 

5 the interest of relations between the United States and 

6 India. Members of Congress so appointed shall be referred 

7 to as the ‘‘United States group’’ of the United States 

8 Interparliamentary Exchange Group. 

9 (b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—Of the Members 

10 of Congress appointed under subsection (a)— 

11 (1) half shall be appointed by the Speaker of 

12 the House of Representatives from among Members 

13 of the House (not fewer than two of whom shall be 

14 Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 including both Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cau16 cus on India and Indian-Americans); and 

17 (2) half shall be appointed by the President pro 

18 tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of the 

19 majority and minority leaders of the Senate, from 

20 among Members of the Senate (not fewer than two 

21 of whom shall be members of the Committee on For22 eign Relations) unless the majority and minority 

23 leaders of the Senate determine otherwise. 

24 (c) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Speaker of the 

25 House of Representatives shall designate the Chair or Vice 


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1 Chair of the House delegation, and the President pro tem2 pore of the Senate shall designate the Chair or Vice Chair 

3 of the Senate delegation. 

4 (d) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro5 priated no more than $100,000 for each fiscal year to as6 sist in meeting the expenses of the United States group 

7 for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made. 

8 Appropriations shall be disbursed on vouchers to be ap9 proved by the Chair of the United States group. 

10 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The United States group 

11 shall submit to Congress a report for each fiscal year for 

12 which an appropriation is made for the United States 

13 group, which shall include its expenditures under such ap14 propriation. 

15 (f) CERTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—The certifi16 cate of the Chair of the House delegation or the Senate 

17 delegation of the United States group shall be final and 

18 conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of 

19 the accounts of the United States group. 

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