Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 45 — Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
§ 3002. Function and duties of Commission
Statutory text
The Commission is authorized and directed to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating to human rights and Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The Commission is further authorized and directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand East-West economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West.
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.
Pub. L. 94–304 § 2 · 90 Stat. 661
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3002
Pub. L. 94–304, § 2, June 3, 1976, 90 Stat. 661
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–304, § 2, June 3, 1976, 90 Stat. 661Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The Commission is authorized and directed to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating to Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The Commission is further authorized and directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand East-West economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West.Pub. L. 99–7 § 2 · 99 Stat. 18
Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3002
Pub. L. 99–7 inserted “human rights and” after “relating to”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–7 inserted “human rights and” after “relating to”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. functions of the commission Section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe”, approved June 3, 1976 (22 U.S.C. 3002), is amended by inserting “human rights and” after “relating to” in the first sentence.Effective date note
Pub. L. 99–7, § 6, Mar. 27, 1985, 99 Stat. 20, provided that:
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, referred to in text, means part four of the Helsinki Declaration which deals with follow-up to the Conference and possible steps to encourage compliance with its purposes and undertakings. The Declaration was signed on by the nine members of the European Economic Community and the 35 participants to the Conference included all the European States, both Communist (except Albania) and non-Communist, the United States, Canada, and several non-participating Mediterranean states. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe is now called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Amendments
1985—Pub. L. 99–7 inserted “human rights and” after “relating to”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–7, § 6, , 99 Stat. 20, provided that:
“(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 3003, 3007, and 3008 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3003 of this title] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [] or , whichever is later.
“(b) (1) The amendment made by subsection (b) of the first section [amending section 3003 of this title] shall take effect on the first day of the One Hundredth Congress [which convenes in January 1987].
“(2) Subsection (d) of section 8 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe’, approved (as added by section 5 of this Act) [section 3008(d) of this title], shall be effective as of .”
Executive Documents
Change of Name
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to be called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe effective , pursuant to Ex. Ord. No. 13029, , 61 F.R. 64591.
Credits
1976–1985 · 2 acts
- 1976Pub. L. 94–304, § 2, , 90 Stat. 661
- 1985Pub. L. 99–7, § 2, , 99 Stat. 19.
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(Pub. L. 94–304, § 2, , 90 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 99–7, § 2, , 99 Stat. 19.)