22 U.S.C. § 290a : US Code - Section 290A: Designation of representatives and alternates; compensation; loyalty checkup

Search 22 U.S.C. § 290a : US Code - Section 290A: Designation of representatives and alternates; compensation; loyalty checkup

The President shall designate from time to time to attend a
specified session or specified sessions of the World Health
Assembly of the Organization not to exceed three delegates of the
United States and such number of alternates as he may determine
consistent with the rules of procedure of the World Health
Assembly. One of the delegates shall be designated as the chief
delegate. Whenever the United States becomes entitled to designate
a person to serve on the Executive Board of the Organization, under
article 24 of the constitution of the Organization, the President
shall designate a representative of the United States, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, and may designate not to
exceed one alternate to attend sessions of the Executive Board.
Such representative must be a graduate of a recognized medical
school and have spent not less than three years in active practice
as a physician or surgeon. Such representative and any such
alternate shall each be entitled to receive compensation at one of
the rates established under section 3962 or 3963 of this title, 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 thus designated shall be entitled to receive
such compensation: Provided, That no person shall serve as such
representative, delegate, or alternate until such person has been
investigated as to loyalty and security by the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management.