§ 276d. — United States group; appointment; term; meetings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC276d]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER I--CANADA-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP
Sec. 276d. United States group; appointment; term; meetings
Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be appointed to
meet jointly and at least annually and when Congress is not in session
(except that this restriction shall not apply during the first session
of the Eighty-sixth Congress or to meetings held in the United States)
with representatives of the House of Commons and Senate of the Canadian
Parliament for discussion of common problems in the interests of
relations between the United States and Canada. Of the Members of the
Congress to be appointed for the purposes of this subchapter
(hereinafter designated as the United States group) half shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the House (not
less than four of whom shall be from the Foreign Affairs Committee), and
half shall be appointed by the President of the Senate upon
recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate from
Members of the Senate (not less than four of whom shall be from the
Foreign Relations Committee).
Such appointments shall be for the period of each meeting of the
Canada-United States Interparliamentary group except for the four
members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the four members of the
Foreign Relations Committee, whose appointments shall be for the
duration of each Congress.
The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation shall be a
Member from the Foreign Affairs 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 shall
be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.
(Pub. L. 86-42, Sec. 1, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72; Pub. L. 95-45,
Sec. 4(a), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(3),
Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Foreign Affairs'' for
``International Relations'' wherever appearing.
1977--Pub. L. 95-45 substituted ``International Relations
Committee'' for ``Foreign Affairs Committee'' as 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.
