§ 276d. United States group; appointment; term; meetings

Statutory text

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.

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.

1959
Pub. L. 86–42 § 1 · 73 Stat. 72
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 276d
Pub. L. 86–42, § 1, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 86–42, § 1, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72
1977
Pub. L. 95–45 § 4(a) · 91 Stat. 221
1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 276d
  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
2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 276d
  Pub. L. 95–45 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
3. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 276d
  Pub. L. 95–45 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 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.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The first section of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Canada”, approved June 11, 1959 (22 U.S.C. 276d), is amended— (1) in the second sentence of the first paragraph, by striking out “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Relations”, and by inserting “upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate” immediately after “President of the Senate”; (2) in the second paragraph, by striking out “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Relations”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “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.”.
1994
Pub. L. 103–437 § 9(a)(3) · 108 Stat. 4581
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 276d
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
(3) section 1 of the Joint Resolution of June 11, 1959 (22 U.S.C. 276d).

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1977–1994 · 2 rounds

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.

Credits

1959–1994 · 3 acts

1959Pub. L. 86–42, § 1, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72
1977Pub. L. 95–45, § 4(a), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222
1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 9(a)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.

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(Pub. L. 86–42, § 1, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 72; Pub. L. 95–45, § 4(a), June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 103–437, § 9(a)(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)