Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§280j Representation in Congress; Appointment of Delegates and Alternates
Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter IX— PAN AMERICAN RAILWAY CONGRESS › § 280j
Summary
The President may have the United States join the Pan American Railway Congress and pick U.S. delegates and their alternates. The Congress’s constitution and bylaws were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, in April 1946 and kept in the Pan American Union archives in Washington.
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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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60