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[CITE: 22USC276m]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
 SUBCHAPTER II-B--UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF 
         CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (CSCE)
 
Sec. 276m. United States Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of 
        Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
        

(a) Establishment

    In accordance with the allocation of seats to the United States in 
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation 
in Europe (hereinafter referred to as the ``CSCE Assembly'') not to 
exceed 17 Members of Congress shall be appointed to meet jointly and 
annually with representative parliamentary groups from other Conference 
on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) member-nations for the 
purposes of--
        (1) assessing the implementation of the objectives of the CSCE;
        (2) discussing subjects addressed during the meetings of the 
    Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the biennial Summit of 
    Heads of State or Government;
        (3) initiating and promoting such national and multilateral 
    measures as may further cooperation and security in Europe.

(b) Appointment of Delegation

    For each meeting of the CSCE Assembly, there shall be appointed a 
United States Delegation, as follows:
        (1) In 1992 and every even-numbered year thereafter, 9 Members 
    shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the 
    House (not less than 4 of whom, including the Chairman of the United 
    States Delegation, shall be from the Committee on Foreign Affairs); 
    and 8 Members shall, upon recommendations of the Majority and 
    Minority leaders of the Senate, be appointed by the President Pro 
    Tempore of the Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than 4 of 
    whom, including the Vice Chairman of the United States Delegation, 
    shall be from the Committee on Foreign Relations, unless the 
    President Pro Tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of the 
    Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate, determines otherwise).
        (2) In every odd-numbered year beginning in 1993, 9 Members 
    shall, upon recommendation of the Majority and Minority Leaders \1\ 
    of the Senate, be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the 
    Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than 4 of whom, 
    including the Chairman of the United States Delegation, shall be 
    from the Committee on Foreign Relations, unless the President Pro 
    Tempore of the Senate, upon recommendations of the Majority and 
    Minority leaders of the Senate, determines otherwise); and 8 Members 
    shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the 
    House (not less than 4 of whom, including the Vice Chairman, shall 
    be from the Committee on Foreign Affairs).
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(c) Administrative support

    For the purpose of providing general staff support and continuity 
between successive delegations, each United States Delegation shall have 
2 secretaries (one of whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and one of 
whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Delegation of the 
Senate).

(d) Funding

                   (1) United States participation

        There is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year 
    $80,000 to assist in meeting the expenses of the United States 
    delegation.\2\ For each fiscal year for which an appropriation is 
    made under this subsection, half of such appropriation may be 
    disbursed on voucher to be approved by the Chairman and half of such 
    appropriation may be disbursed on voucher to be approved by the Vice 
    Chairman.
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                 (2) Availability of appropriations

        Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized 
    to be available until expended.

(e) Annual report

    The United States Delegation shall, for each fiscal year for which 
an appropriation is made, submit to the Congress a report including its 
expenditures under such appropriation. The certificate of the Chairman 
and Vice Chairman of the United States Delegation shall be final and 
conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts 
of the United States Delegation.

(Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 169, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 677.)

                         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.

    Ex. Ord. No. 13029. Change of Name of Conference on Security and 
                          Cooperation in Europe

    Ex. Ord. No. 13029, Dec. 3, 1996, 61 F.R. 64591, provided in part 
that effective Jan. 1, 1995, the Conference on Security and Cooperation 
in Europe would be called the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
in Europe.
