22 U.S.C. § 1928a : US Code - Section 1928A: North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference; participation; appointment of United States Group

Search 22 U.S.C. § 1928a : US Code - Section 1928A: North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference; participation; appointment of United States Group

Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be appointed
to meet jointly and annually with representative parliamentary
groups from other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
members, for discussion of common problems in the interests of the
maintenance of peace and security in the North Atlantic area. Of
the Members of the Congress to be appointed for the purposes of
this resolution (hereinafter designated as the "United States
Group"), half shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from
Members of the House (not less than four of whom shall be from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs), and half shall be appointed by the
President of the Senate upon recommendations of the majority and
minority leaders of the Senate from Members of the Senate. Not more
than seven of the appointees from the Senate shall be of the same
political party. The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House
delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Affairs Committee,
and, unless the President of the Senate, upon the recommendation of
the Majority Leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member from the
Foreign Relations Committee. Each delegation shall have a
secretary. The secretaries of the Senate and House delegations
shall be appointed, respectively, by the chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.