Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§289a Designation of Representative and Alternates; Compensation

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XIX — INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION › § 289a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must pick a U.S. representative and up to two alternates to go to certain General Council meetings. If the United States is on the executive committee, the President must pick a representative and up to one alternate, who can be one of the earlier designees. Each representative can be paid up to $12,000 per year and each alternate up to $10,000 per year for the times the President decides. Members of the Senate or House or U.S. officers who are named cannot get this pay.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §289a

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The President shall designate from time to time a representative of the United States and not to exceed two alternates to attend a specified session or specified sessions of the general council of the Organization. Whenever the United States is elected to membership on the executive committee, the President shall designate from time to time, either from among the aforesaid representative and alternates or otherwise, a representative of the United States and not to exceed one alternate to attend sessions of the executive committee. Such representative or representatives shall each be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $12,000 per annum, and any such alternate shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $10,000 per annum, for such period or periods as the President may specify, except that no Member of the Senate or House of Representatives or officer of the United States who is designated as such a representative shall be entitled to receive such compensation.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 289a

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102