§ 1928a. North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference; participation; appointment of United States Group

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1956

   Pub. L. 84–562 § 1 · 70 Stat. 246

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

   July 11, 1956, ch. 562, § 1, 70 Stat. 523

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 11, 1956, ch. 562, § 1, 70 Stat. 523

2. 1963

   Foreign Assistance Act of 1963

   Pub. L. 88–205 · 77 Stat. 379

   Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

   Pub. L. 88–205 struck out “and when Congress is not in session” after “to meet jointly and annually”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 88–205 struck out “and when Congress is not in session” after “to meet jointly and annually”.

3. 1977

   Pub. L. 95–45 § 4(c) · 91 Stat. 221

   1. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

      Pub. L. 95–45 increased the size of the United States Group from eighteen to twenty-four, inserted requirement that not less than four of the appointees from the House of Representatives be from the Committee on International Relations

   2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

      Pub. L. 95–45 increased the size of the United States Group from eighteen to twenty-four, inserted requirement that the appointment of the Senate appointees by the President of the Senate be made upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate

   3. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

      Pub. L. 95–45 increased the size of the United States Group from eighteen to twenty-four, substituted requirement that not more than seven of the appointees from the Senate be of the same political party for requirement which had provided that not more than five of the appointees from each of the respective Houses be of the same political party

   4. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

      Pub. L. 95–45 increased the size of the United States Group from eighteen to twenty-four, 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

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–45 increased the size of the United States Group from eighteen to twenty-four, inserted requirement that not less than four of the appointees from the House of Representatives be from the Committee on International Relations, inserted requirement that the appointment of the Senate appointees by the President of the Senate be made upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, substituted requirement that not more than seven of the appointees from the Senate be of the same political party for requirement which had provided that not more than five of the appointees from each of the respective Houses be of the same political party, 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.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) The first section of the joint resolution entitled “Joint Resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, approved July 11, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 1928a), is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking out “eighteen” and inserting in lieu thereof “twenty-four”; (2) in the second sentence, by inserting “(not less than four of whom shall be from the Committee on International Relations)” immediately after “Members of the House”, and by inserting “upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate” immediately after “President of the Senate”; (3) by amending the third sentence to read as follows: “Not more than seven of the appointees from the Senate shall be of the same political party.”; and (4) by adding the following new sentence at the end of the section: “The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation shall 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 shall be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.”.

4. 1987

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

   Pub. L. 100–204 title VII § 744(a) · 101 Stat. 1331

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

   Pub. L. 100–204 inserted at end “Each delegation shall have a secretary. The secretaries of the Senate and House delegations shall be appointed, respectively, by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–204 inserted at end “Each delegation shall have a secretary. The secretaries of the Senate and House delegations shall be appointed, respectively, by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Appointment of Secretaries to the North Atlantic Assembly Delegations.— Section 1 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, 22 USC 1928a. approved July 11, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 1928b; Public Law 84–689), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “Each delegation shall have a secretary. The secretaries of the Senate and House delegations shall be appointed, respectively, by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.”.

5. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–437 § 9(a)(5) · 108 Stat. 4581

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1928a

   Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Foreign Affairs” for “International Relations” wherever appearing

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Foreign Affairs” for “International Relations” wherever appearing.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (5) section 1 of the Joint Resolution of July 11, 1956 (22 U.S.C 1928a)

6 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial