Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§280j Representation in Congress; Appointment of Delegates and Alternates

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER IX — PAN AMERICAN RAILWAY CONGRESS › § 280j

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

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President may accept U.S. membership in Pan American Railway Congress and appoint delegates; its constitution and bylaws were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1946.

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Title 22, §280j

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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States in, and to appoint the United States delegates and their alternates to, the Pan American Railway Congress, the constitution and bylaws of which were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1946, and deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington.

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22 U.S.C. § 280j

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102