Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§268 International Joint Commission; salaries; powers
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 268
Summary
The President sets the pay for U.S. members of the International Joint Commission created by the January 11, 1909 treaty with Great Britain about boundary waters. The commission can take sworn testimony and, by asking the U.S. district court where a session is held, require witnesses or records, and that court must issue orders to make it happen.
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Title 22, §268
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The salaries of the members on the part of the United States, of the International Joint Commission, established under the treaty of January 11, 1909, between the United States and Great Britain, relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, shall be fixed by the President. Said commission or any member thereof shall have power to administer oaths and to take evidence on oath whenever deemed necessary in any proceeding or inquiry or matter within its jurisdiction under said treaty, and said commission shall be authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses in any proceedings before it or the production of books and papers when necessary by application to the district court of the United States for the district within which such session is held, which court is hereby empowered and directed to make all orders and issue all processes necessary and appropriate for that purpose.
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22 U.S.C. § 268
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73