277d-8. Calexico Mexicali Sanitation Project; operation by Commission; division of costs; contribution by City of Calexico, California, 227d-9. Same; authorization for appropriations; availability of prior appropriations; use of moneys received. 277d-10. Nogales Sanitation Project; operation by Com- 277d-11. Same; appropriations; availability of prior ap- 277d-16. Same; authorization of appropriations. Chamizal boundary settlement; investigations relating to river channel; acquisition of lands; relocation of facilities. 277d-18. Same; construction, operation, and mainte- 277d-19. Same; compensation of owners and tenants to b. Reimbursement of claims relating to 277d-20. Same; limitation on application for reimburse- 277d-21. Same; attorneys' fees; penalties. 277d-23. Same; prohibition against duplicate payments; eligibility for payments unaffected by means employed for acquisition of property; rights and powers unaffected. Same; taxation; exclusion from gross income. 277d-25. Same; authorization of appropriations. 277d-27. Same; execution of agreements. works or projects. Works or projects; construction under treaty with Mexico; operation, maintenance and supervision. Agreements with political subdivisions; acquisition of lands. 277d. Funds received from Mexico; expenditure. Authorizations for Mexican treaty projects; ac- 277d-2. Same; construction and maintenance of roads, Same; authorization of appropriations. 277e. Disposal of lands; issuance of licences for use of 2771. Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project. 277d-3. Same; authorization for appropriations; activities for which available; contracts for excess amounts. (f) Compensation. 287a. Action by representatives in accordance with Presidential instructions; voting. 287b. Reports to Congress by President. 287d. Use of armed forces; limitations. (a) Armed forces details; supplies and equip- (b) Reimbursement from United Nations; waiver of reimbursement. (c) Additional appropriation authorization. (d) Disclosure of information. 287e. Appropriations; payment of expenses. 287f. Surplus property for United Nations; reduction in contribution by United States. 287g. Authorization of appropriations for loan to United Nations; restrictions on use of proceeds of loan. 287h. Limitation on loan. 2871. Deduction of principal and interest from annual payment of assessed share of United States of budget. 287j. Participation in future United Nations borrowing; promotion of pattern of financing to avoid future large-scale deficits; report to Congress. 287k. Congressional expression of satisfaction that expenditures relating to operations in Middle East and in the Congo are "expenses of the Organization". 2871. Congressional declaration that United Nations take steps to give effect to advisory opinion of International Court of Justice on financial obligations of members. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 287m. Acceptance of membership by the United States. 287n. Representatives in General Conference; number; citizenship; compensation. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 290. Acceptance of membership by the United States. 290a. Designation of representatives and alternates; compensation; loyalty checkup. 290b. Appropriations; payment of salaries and expenses. 290c. Withdrawal from Organization on one-year notice. 290d. Enactment of specific legislation by Congress. 290e. Congressional declaration of policy. § 261. Policy as to settlement of disputes and disarmament. It is declared to be the policy of the United States to adjust and settle its international disputes through mediation or arbitration, to the end that war may be honorably avoided. It looks with apprehension and disfavor upon a general increase of armament throughout the world, but it realizes that no single nation can disarm, and that without a common agreement upon the subject every considerable power must maintain a relative standing in military strength. (Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 618.) § 262. President's participation in international congresses restricted. The Executive shall not extend or accept any invitation to participate in any international congress, conference, or like event, without first having specific authority of law to do so. (Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 149, § 1, 37 Stat. 913.) § 262a. Contributions to international organizations; consent of State Department; reports to Congress; limitations as to certain organizations. All financial contributions by the United States to the normal operations of the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the South Pacific Commission, the World Health Organization, and the International Labor Organization, which member states are obligated to support annually, shall be limited to the amounts provided in sections 269b, 272a, 279a, 280b, and 290b of this title: Provided, That contributions for special projects not regularly budgeted by such international organizations shall not be subject to the above limitation. All financial contributions by the United States to international organizations in which the United States participates as a member shall be made by or with the consent of the Department of State regardless of the appropriation from which any such contribution is made. The Secretary of State shall report annually to the Congress on the extent and disposition of such contributions. (Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 2, 64 Stat. 903.) § 262b. Commitments for United States contributions to international organizations; limitations; consultation with Congressional committees. No representative of the United States Government in any international organization hereafter shall make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United States in excess of 33 per centum of the budget of any international organization for which the appropriation for the United States contribution is contained in this Act: Provided, That in exceptional circumstances necessitating a contribution by the United States in excess of 333 per centum of the budget, a commitment requiring a United States appropriation of a larger proportion may be made after consultation by United States representatives in the organization or other appropriate officials of the Department of State with the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to the United States representatives to the Inter-American organizations, Caribbean Commission and the Joint Support program of the International Civil Aviation Organization. (Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title VI, § 602, 65 Stat. 599; July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 550; Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 368.) REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in the text, refers to the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1952. CODIFICATION Provisions which prohibited representatives of the United States Government to any international organization of which the United States was not a member in 1952 from making any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United States in excess of 333 percent of the budget of such international organization, which provisions were from the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1953, were omitted since they were not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. § 263. International Prison Commission. The United States shall continue as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission and participate in the work of said commission. The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized annually to pay the pro rata share of the United States in the administration expenses of the International Prison Commission and the necessary expenses of a commissioner to represent the United States on said commission at its annual meetings, together with necessary clerical and other expenses, out of any money which shall be appropriated for such purposes from time to time by Congress. (Feb. 28, 1913, ch. 86, 37 Stat. 692.) § 263a. International Criminal Police Organization. The Attorney General is authorized to accept and maintain, on behalf of the United States, membership in the International Criminal Police Organization, and to designate any departments and agencies which may participate in the United States representation with that organization. Each participating department and agency is authorized to pay its pro rata share, as determined by the Attorney General, of the expenses of such membership. The total dues to be paid for the membership of the United States shall not exceed $25,000 per annum. (June 10, 1938, ch. 335, 52 Stat. 640; Aug. 27, 1958, Pub. L. 85-768, 72 Stat. 921.) AMENDMENTS 1958-Pub. L. 85-768 authorized the Attorney General to designate departments and agencies which may participate, on a pro rata share basis, in the United States representation with the International Criminal Police Organization, and increased from $1,500 to $25,000 per annum the amount of expenses which may be incurred by reason of United States membership. §§ 264, 265. Omitted. CODIFICATION Section 264, act Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 418, related to the Pan American Union, and has been superseded by Convention of 1928, ratified by the United States and providing that the government of the Pan American Union should be vested in a governing board. Section 265, act Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title I, 45 Stat. 1102, which was from an appropriation act, related to disposition of receipts of Pan American Union, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to section 265 were contained in the following appropriation acts: 1928-Feb. 15, 1928, ch. 57, title I, 45 Stat. 71. § 266. International commission of congresses of navigation; appropriation for expenses. The sum of $3,000 a year is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited national delegates of the United States to the meetings of the congresses and of the commission; and the Secretary of the Army is authorized to draw his warrant each year upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sum, not to exceed $3,000, as may in his opinion be proper to apply to the purposes above mentioned, and the said sum shall be disbursed under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. The national delegates aforesaid from the United States shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred while traveling to and from the meetings, and while in attendance thereon, from the funds appropriated in this section and authorized to be expended. (June 28, 1902, ch. 1306, 32 Stat. 485; June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 2, 48 Stat. 1225.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. AMENDMENTS 1934-Act June 6, 1934, eff. July 1, 1935, repealed the permanent appropriation formerly contained in this section and provided for the authorization of an annual appropriation in the same amount as the permanent appropriation. See section 725a of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 266a. International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts; appropriation. CODIFICATION Section transferred to section 231 of Title 49, Transportation. § 266b. Repealed. June 11, 1940, ch. 306, 54 Stat. 263. Section, Joint Res. Aug. 7, 1935, ch. 455, § 2, 49 Stat. 540, related to termination of Authorizations for Participation In Work of Committee of International Technical Aerial Legal Experts. § 267. Permanent Commission of International Geodetic Association; representative of United States. The duly appointed representative of the United States on the permanent commission of the International Geodetic Association is granted authority to vote with the representatives on the permanent commission from other nations on all matters coming before the association, including the extension of its existence, subject to the approval of Congress. (Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 161, 39 Stat. 1055.) § 267a. Same; appointment of delegates; compensation. The President is authorized to appoint delegates, who shall be officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Association whenever and wheresoever the same shall be held; but no extra salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such officers by reason of such attendance. (July 23, 1894, No. 37, 28 Stat. 587.) § 267b. International Joint Commission; invitation to establish; personnel; duties. 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. (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1364.) PASSAMAQUODDY TIDAL POWER PROJECT Joint Res. Jan. 31, 1956, ch. 27, 70 Stat. 9, provided: That "SEC. 1. [Final survey of costs and feasibility.] the International Joint Commission created by the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, signed at Washington on January 11, 1909, under the provisions of such treaty, be requested by the Secretary of State to arrange for a final survey to be made to determine the cost of construction of the proposed Passamaquoddy tidal power project at Passamaquoddy Bay in the State of Maine, United States of America, and the Province of New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, and to determine whether or not such cost would allow hydroelectric power to be produced at a price that is economically feasible, and also to determine what contribution such project would make to the national economy and the national defense. "SEC. 2. [Use of reports.] The survey provided for in the first section shall make use of the report (dated March 15, 1950) made by the International Passamaquoddy Engineering Board to the International Joint Commission, and with the supplemental report (dated May 1952) on details of estimate of cost of comprehensive investigation of Passamaquoddy tidal power project by Corps of Engineers, United States Army. "SEC. 3. [Agency assistance.] The Secretary of the Army, the Federal Power Commission, and other officers and agencies of the Government of the United States are authorized to assist the International Joint Commission in the making of such survey, and shall be compensated for any work performed pursuant to this section out of such funds as may hereafter be appropriated for use by the International Joint Commission in carrying out this joint resolution. "SEC. 4. [Report by Secretary.] The Secretary of State shall report the results of such survey to the Congress of the United States. "SEC. 5. [Appropriation.] There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution, and any sum appropriated pursuant to this section shall be included in any determination of the proportionate share of the cost of construction of the Passamaquoddy tidal power project to be borne by the United States. "SEC. 6. [Restriction.] Nothing in this joint resolution or the survey authorized herein shall in any way commit the Congress or the Government of the United States as to future action on construction of any such project." FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Subpoena, see rule 45, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 268a. Same; compensation; traveling expenses. CODIFICATION Section, act May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, § 101, 54 Stat. 191, was from the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1941, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. See section 268 of this title. |