2018 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
Subchapter VI - United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Sec. 279c - Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 279c (2018)
Section Name §279c. Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization
Section Text

Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall on behalf of the United States accept any amendment under paragraph 1 of article XX of the Constitution of the Organization involving any new obligation for the United States.

Source Credit

(July 31, 1945, ch. 342, §4, 59 Stat. 530.)

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 VI - UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
Sec. 279c - Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization
Contains section 279c
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 59 Stat. 530
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