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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-India 
Interparliamentary Exchange Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-INDIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY EX-
CHANGE GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEETINGS.—There is es-
tablished a United States-India Interparliamentary Ex-
change Group. Not to exceed 12 Members of Congress 
shall be appointed to meet annually and when Congress 
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is not in session (except that this restriction shall not 
apply to meetings held in the United States) with rep-
resentatives of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of the 
Parliament of India for discussion of common issues in 
the interest of relations between the United States and 
India. Members of Congress so appointed shall be referred 
to as the ‘‘United States group’’ of the United States 
Interparliamentary Exchange Group. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—Of the Members 
of Congress appointed under subsection (a)— 
(1) half shall be appointed by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives from among Members 
of the House (not fewer than two of whom shall be 
Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
including both Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cau-
cus on India and Indian-Americans); 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 fewer than two 
of whom shall be members of the Committee on For-
eign Relations) unless the majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate determine otherwise. 
(c) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives shall designate the Chair or Vice 
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Chair of the House delegation, and the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate shall designate the Chair or Vice Chair 
of the Senate delegation. 
(d) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated no more than $100,000 for each fiscal year to as-
sist in meeting the expenses of the United States group 
for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made. 
Appropriations shall be disbursed on vouchers to be ap-
proved by the Chair of the United States group. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The United States group 
shall submit to Congress a report for each fiscal year for 
which an appropriation is made for the United States 
group, which shall include its expenditures under such ap-
propriation. 
(f) CERTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—The certifi-
cate 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. 
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