22 U.S.C. § 280 — Representation in South Pacific Commission; appointment of commissioners and alternates

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This law lets the President accept US membership in the South Pacific Commission. The Commission was created in 1947 by Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The President also appoints the US Commissioners and their alternates.

The President may accept United States membership in the South Pacific Commission. That Commission was created by the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission, signed February 6, 1947, in Canberra, Australia, by delegates from Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The President may also appoint the United States Commissioners to the Commission, along with their alternates.

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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the South Pacific Commission, created by the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission, signed on February 6, 1947, at Canberra, Australia, by delegates representing the Governments of Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and to appoint the United States Commissioners, and their alternates, thereto.

Source credit: (Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, § 1, 62 Stat. 15.)

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1948Enacted · Act of Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38 · 62 Stat. 15

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