§ 276m. — United States Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC276m]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER II-B--UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF
CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (CSCE)
Sec. 276m. United States Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
(a) Establishment
In accordance with the allocation of seats to the United States in
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe (hereinafter referred to as the ``CSCE Assembly'') not to
exceed 17 Members of Congress shall be appointed to meet jointly and
annually with representative parliamentary groups from other Conference
on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) member-nations for the
purposes of--
(1) assessing the implementation of the objectives of the CSCE;
(2) discussing subjects addressed during the meetings of the
Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the biennial Summit of
Heads of State or Government;
(3) initiating and promoting such national and multilateral
measures as may further cooperation and security in Europe.
(b) Appointment of Delegation
For each meeting of the CSCE Assembly, there shall be appointed a
United States Delegation, as follows:
(1) In 1992 and every even-numbered year thereafter, 9 Members
shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the
House (not less than 4 of whom, including the Chairman of the United
States Delegation, shall be from the Committee on Foreign Affairs);
and 8 Members shall, upon recommendations of the Majority and
Minority leaders of the Senate, be appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than 4 of
whom, including the Vice Chairman of the United States Delegation,
shall be from the Committee on Foreign Relations, unless the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of the
Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate, determines otherwise).
(2) In every odd-numbered year beginning in 1993, 9 Members
shall, upon recommendation of the Majority and Minority Leaders \1\
of the Senate, be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than 4 of whom,
including the Chairman of the United States Delegation, shall be
from the Committee on Foreign Relations, unless the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of the Majority and
Minority leaders of the Senate, determines otherwise); and 8 Members
shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the
House (not less than 4 of whom, including the Vice Chairman, shall
be from the Committee on Foreign Affairs).
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(c) Administrative support
For the purpose of providing general staff support and continuity
between successive delegations, each United States Delegation shall have
2 secretaries (one of whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and one of
whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Delegation of the
Senate).
(d) Funding
(1) United States participation
There is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year
$80,000 to assist in meeting the expenses of the United States
delegation.\2\ For each fiscal year for which an appropriation is
made under this subsection, half of such appropriation may be
disbursed on voucher to be approved by the Chairman and half of such
appropriation may be disbursed on voucher to be approved by the Vice
Chairman.
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(2) Availability of appropriations
Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized
to be available until expended.
(e) Annual report
The United States Delegation shall, for each fiscal year for which
an appropriation is made, submit to the Congress a report including its
expenditures under such appropriation. The certificate of the Chairman
and Vice Chairman of the United States Delegation shall be final and
conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts
of the United States Delegation.
(Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 169, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 677.)
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.
Ex. Ord. No. 13029. Change of Name of Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
Ex. Ord. No. 13029, Dec. 3, 1996, 61 F.R. 64591, provided in part
that effective Jan. 1, 1995, the Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe would be called the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe.
