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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§1928a North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference; participation; appointment of United States Group

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE › Part Part D— - Special Assistance and Other Programs › § 1928a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Up to 24 members of Congress must be chosen to meet each year with parliamentary groups from other NATO countries to talk about shared problems and help keep peace and security in the North Atlantic area. Half are picked by the Speaker from the House (at least four must come from the House Foreign Affairs Committee). Half are picked by the President of the Senate from Senate members on recommendations of the Senate majority and minority leaders, and no more than seven Senate appointees may be from the same party. The House chair or vice chair must be from the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Senate chair or vice chair should be from the Foreign Relations Committee unless the President of the Senate, on the Majority Leader’s recommendation, decides otherwise. Each delegation must have a secretary chosen by the chair of the matching committee.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1928a

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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”.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1928a

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73