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[CITE: 22USC289]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
           SUBCHAPTER XIX--INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 289. Acceptance of membership by the United States; 
        conditions
        
    The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the 
United States in the International Refugee Organization (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``Organization''), the constitution of which was 
approved in New York on December 15, 1946, by the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, and deposited in the archives of the United Nations: 
Provided, however, That this authority is granted and the approval of 
the Congress of the acceptance of membership of the United States in the 
International Refugee Organization is given upon condition and with the 
reservation that no agreement shall be concluded on behalf of the United 
States and no action shall be taken by any officer, agency, or any other 
person and acceptance of the constitution of the Organization by or on 
behalf of the Government of the United States shall not constitute or 
authorize action (1) whereby any person shall be admitted to or settled 
or resettled in the United States or any of its Territories or 
possessions without prior approval thereof by the Congress, and this 
subchapter shall not be construed as such prior approval, or (2) which 
will have the effect of abrogating, suspending, modifying, adding to, or 
superseding any of the immigration laws or any other laws of the United 
States.

(July 1, 1947, ch. 185, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 214.)

                       References in Text

    The immigration laws, referred to in text, are classified generally 
to Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. See also section 1101(a)(17) of 
Title 8.
