22 U.S.C. § 280j — Representation in Congress; appointment of delegates and alternates

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The President can accept U.S. membership in the Pan American Railway Congress. The President also appoints U.S. delegates and their alternates. The Congress's rules were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, in April 1946.

This section has no lettered subsections. The President is authorized to accept membership for the U.S. government in the Pan American Railway Congress, and to appoint U.S. delegates and their alternates to it. The Congress's constitution and bylaws were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, in April 1946, and are kept in the Pan American Union's archives in Washington.

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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States in, and to appoint the United States delegates and their alternates to, the Pan American Railway Congress, the constitution and bylaws of which were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1946, and deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington.

Source credit: (June 28, 1948, ch. 686, § 1, 62 Stat. 1060.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 28, 1948, ch. 686 · 62 Stat. 1060

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