22 U.S.C. § 276d — United States group; appointment; term; meetings

submitted 67 years ago by Pub. L. 86-42 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 263 words · no verdicts yet

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Up to 24 Members of Congress meet with Canadian lawmakers on shared issues. Half come from the House and half from the Senate, chosen by their leaders. Committee members from Foreign Affairs or Foreign Relations serve for a full Congress.

Up to 24 Members of Congress are appointed to meet jointly, at least once a year — including when Congress is not in session, except during the first session of the 86th Congress or for meetings held in the United States — with members of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate, to discuss common U.S.-Canada problems. These Members are called the "United States group." Half are appointed by the Speaker of the House from House members (at least 4 from the Foreign Affairs Committee); half are appointed by the President of the Senate, based on recommendations from the Senate's majority and minority leaders, from Senate members (at least 4 from the Foreign Relations Committee). Most appointments last for the period of each meeting of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary group, except the 4 Foreign Affairs Committee members and 4 Foreign Relations Committee members, whose appointments last for the whole Congress. The House delegation's Chairman or Vice Chairman must be a Foreign Affairs Committee member. The Senate delegation's Chairman or Vice Chairman must be a Foreign Relations Committee member, unless the President of the Senate, on the Majority Leader's recommendation, decides otherwise.

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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.

Source credit: (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.)

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1959Enacted · Pub. L. 86-42 · 73 Stat. 72
1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-45 · 91 Stat. 222
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-437 · 108 Stat. 4588

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