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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.

§ 287n. Representatives in General Conference; number; citizenship; compensation

Statutory text

The President by and with the consent of the Senate shall designate from time to time to attend a specified session or specified sessions of the General Conference of the Organization not to exceed five representatives of the United States and such number of alternates not to exceed five as he may determine consistent with the rules of procedure of the General Conference: Provided, however, That each such representative and each such alternate must be an American citizen. One of the representatives shall be designated as the senior representative. Such representatives and alternates shall each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates provided for members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 3962 of this title, or provided for Foreign Service officers under section 3963 of this title, as the President may determine, for such periods as the President may specify, except that no Member of the Senate or House of Representatives or officer of the United States who is designated under this section as a representative of the United States or as an alternate to attend any specified session or specified sessions of the General Conference shall be entitled to receive such compensation. Whenever a representative of the United States is elected by the General Conference to serve on the Executive Board, or is elected President of the General Conference and thus becomes an ex officio adviser to the Executive Board, under provision of article V of the constitution of the Organization, the President may extend the above provisions for compensation to such representative during periods of service in connection with the Executive Board.

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. Pub. L. 79–700 § 2 · 60 Stat. 712

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 287n

    July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 2, 60 Stat. 712

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 2, 60 Stat. 712

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. The President by and with the consent of the Senate shall designate from time to time to attend a specified session or specified sessions of the General Conference of the Organization not to exceed five representatives of the United States and such number of alternates not to exceed five as he may determine consistent with the rules of procedure Citizenship. of the General Conference: Provided, however, That each such representative and each such alternate must be an American citizen. One of the representatives shall be designated as the senior Compensation. representative. Such representatives and alternates shall each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates, not to exceed $12,000 per annum, as the President may determine, for such periods as the President may specify, except that no Member of the Senate or House of Representatives or officer of the United States who is designated under this section as a representative of the United States or as an alternate to attend any specified session or specified sessions of the General Conference shall he entitled to receive such compensation. Whenever a representative of the United States is elected by the General Conference to serve on the Executive Board, or is elected President of the General Conference and thus becomes an ex officio adviser to the Executive Board, under provision of article V of the constitution of the Organization, the President may extend the above provisions for compensation to such representative during periods of service in connection with the Executive Board.

  2. Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964

    Pub. L. 88–426 § 306(g) · 78 Stat. 400

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 287n

    Pub. L. 88–426, § 306(g), substituted provisions permitting payment of compensation at such rates provided for Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title for provisions which limited compensation at not more than $15,000 per annum

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 88–426, § 306(g), substituted provisions permitting payment of compensation at such rates provided for Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title for provisions which limited compensation at not more than $15,000 per annum.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (g) Section 2 of the Act of July 30, 1946, as amended (60 Stat. 712; 70 Stat. 740; 22 U.S.C. 287n), relating to the compensation of the United States representatives and alternates at sessions of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, is amended by striking out “Such representatives and alternates shall each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates, not to exceed $15,000 per annum, as the President may determine,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Such representatives and alternates shall each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates provided for Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 412 of the Ante, p. 411. Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, as the President may determine,”.

  3. Pub. L. 96–465 title II § 2206(a)(3) · 94 Stat. 2071

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 287n

    Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 3962 of this title, or provided for Foreign Service officers under section 3963 of this title,” for “Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 3962 of this title, or provided for Foreign Service officers under section 3963 of this title,” for “Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 2 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an appropriation therefor”, approved July 30, 1946 (22 U.S.C. 287n), is amended by striking out “Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 412 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended,” and inserting in lieu 22 USC 867. thereof “members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 402 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, or provided for Foreign Service officers Ante, p. 2087. Ante, p. 2088. under section 403 of that Act,”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3901 of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Article V of the constitution of the Organization, referred to in text, is article V of the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which is set out as a note under section 287m of this title.

Amendments1956–1980 · 3 rounds

1980

Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “members of the Senior Foreign Service under section 3962 of this title, or provided for Foreign Service officers under section 3963 of this title,” for “Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title,”.

1964

Pub. L. 88–426, § 306(g), substituted provisions permitting payment of compensation at such rates provided for Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 867 of this title for provisions which limited compensation at not more than $15,000 per annum.

1956

Act , increased maximum compensation of representatives and alternatives from $12,000 to $15,000.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective , except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3901 of this title.

Effective Date of 1964 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 88–426 effective on first day of first pay period which begins on or after , except to the extent provided in section 501(c) of Pub. L. 88–426, see section 501 of Pub. L. 88–426.

Repeals

Section 112 of act , cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by section 305(1) of Pub. L. 88–426.

Credits

1946–1980 · 4 acts
  1. 1946July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 2, 60 Stat. 712
  2. 1956July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title I, § 112, 70 Stat. 740
  3. 1964Pub. L. 88–426, title III, §§ 305(1), 306(g), , 78 Stat. 422, 430
  4. 1980Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2206(a)(3), , 94 Stat. 2161.
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(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 2, 60 Stat. 712; July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title I, § 112, 70 Stat. 740; Pub. L. 88–426, title III, §§ 305(1), 306(g), , 78 Stat. 422, 430; Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2206(a)(3), , 94 Stat. 2161.)

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