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[CITE: 22USC1928a]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                   CHAPTER 24--MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
 
              Part D--Special Assistance and Other Programs
 
Sec. 1928a. North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference; 
        participation; appointment of United States Group
        
    Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be appointed to 
meet jointly and annually with representative parliamentary groups from 
other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) members, for discussion 
of common problems in the interests of the maintenance of peace and 
security in the North Atlantic area. Of the Members of the Congress to 
be appointed for the purposes of this resolution (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 Committee on Foreign Affairs), 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 more than 
seven of the appointees from the Senate shall be of the same political 
party. 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. Each delegation shall 
have a secretary. The secretaries of the Senate and House delegations 
shall be appointed, respectively, by the chairman of the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

(July 11, 1956, ch. 562, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 523; Pub. L. 88-205, pt. IV, 
Sec. 406, Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 95-45, Sec. 4(c), June 
15, 1977, 91 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 100-204, title VII, Sec. 744(a), Dec. 
22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1396; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(5), Nov. 2, 1994, 
108 Stat. 4588.)

                          Codification

    This section was not enacted as part of the Mutual Security Act of 
1954 which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Foreign Affairs'' for 
``International Relations'' wherever appearing.
    1987--Pub. L. 100-204 inserted at end ``Each delegation shall have a 
secretary. The secretaries of the Senate and House delegations shall be 
appointed, respectively, by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives.''
    1977--Pub. L. 95-45 increased the size of the United States Group 
from eighteen to twenty-four, inserted requirement that not less than 
four of the appointees from the House of Representatives be from the 
Committee on International Relations, inserted requirement that the 
appointment of the Senate appointees by the President of the Senate be 
made upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate, substituted requirement that not more than seven of the 
appointees from the Senate be of the same political party for 
requirement which had provided that not more than five of the appointees 
from each of the respective Houses be of the same political party, and 
inserted provision that the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House 
delegation be a Member from the International Relations 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 be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.
    1963--Pub. L. 88-205 struck out ``and when Congress is not in 
session'' after ``to meet jointly and annually''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
