§ 4611. — Biennial reports to President and Congress; comments, findings, and recommendations; Congressional Committee hearings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4611]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 56--UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
Sec. 4611. Biennial reports to President and Congress; comments,
findings, and recommendations; Congressional Committee hearings
Beginning two years after October 19, 1984, and at intervals of two
years thereafter, the Chairman of the Board shall prepare and transmit
to the Congress and the President a report detailing the progress the
Institute has made in carrying out the purposes of this chapter during
the preceding two-year period. The President may prepare and transmit to
the Congress within a reasonable time after the receipt of such report
the written comments and recommendations of the appropriate agencies of
the United States with respect to the contents of such report and their
recommendations with respect to any legislation which may be required
concerning the Institute. After receipt of such report by the Congress,
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Education and
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate
may hold hearings to review the findings and recommendations of such
report and the written comments received from the President.
(Pub. L. 98-525, title XVII, Sec. 1712, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2659;
Pub. L. 105-244, title IX, Sec. 931(3), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1834.)
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-244 substituted ``President may prepare'' for
``President shall prepare'' and ``may hold hearings'' for ``shall hold
hearings''.
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives and Committee on Education and Labor of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Economic and
Educational Opportunities 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. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of House
of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce
of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth
Congress, Jan. 7, 1997.
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105-244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as
otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244,
set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this
section relating to the requirement that every two years the Chairman of
the Board transmit to Congress a report detailing the progress the
Institute has made in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, see
section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 207 of House
Document No. 103-7.
