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2018 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
Subchapter II-E - United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group
Sec. 276p - United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 276p (2018)
Section Name §276p. United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group
Section Text (a) Establishment and meetings

Not to exceed 12 Senators shall be appointed to meet once per Congress with representatives of the Diet of Japan for discussion of common problems in the interest of relations between the United States and Japan. The Senators so appointed shall be referred to as the "United States group" of the United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group. The meetings shall take place in Japan and Washington, D.C. alternatively.

(b) Appointment of members

The President of the Senate shall appoint Senators under this section, including a Chair and Vice Chair, upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Such appointments shall be for the duration of each Congress.

(c) Funding

There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each Congress to assist in meeting the expenses of the United States group. Appropriations shall be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by the Chair of the United States group.

(d) Certification of expenditures

A report of expenditures by the United States group shall be prepared and certified each Congress by the Chair.

(e) Effective date

This section shall apply to fiscal year 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter.
Source Credit

(Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, §5, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2221.)
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7 - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER II-E - UNITED STATES SENATE-JAPAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP
Sec. 276p - United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group
Contains section 276p
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 121 Stat. 2221
Public Law References Public Law 110-161
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