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22 U.S.C. § 3002 — Function and duties of Commission
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The Commission is authorized and directed to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating to human rights and Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The Commission is further authorized and directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand East-West economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West.
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The Commission is authorized and directed to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating to human rights and Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The Commission is further authorized and directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand East-West economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West.
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**(a) Selection and appointment of members** The Commission shall be composed of twenty-one members as follows:
(1) Nine Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Five Members shall be selected from the majority party and four Members shall be selected, after consultation with the minority leader of the House, from the minority party.
(2) Nine Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. Five Members shall be selected from the majority party of the Senate, after consultation with the majority leader, and four Members shall be selected, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, from the minority party.
(3) One member of the Department of State appointed by the President of the United States.
(4) One member of the Department of Defense appointed by the President of the United States.
(5) One member of the Department of Commerce appointed by the President of the United States.
**(b) Commission Chairman and Cochairman** There shall be a Chairman and a Cochairman of the Commission.
**(c) Designation of Chairman** At the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the President of the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate one of the Senate Members as Chairman of the Commission. At the beginning of each even-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one of the House Members as Chairman of the Commission.
**(d) Designation of Cochairman** At the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one of the House Members as Cochairman of the Commission. At the beginning of each even-numbered Congress, the President of the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority
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**(a) Authorization; disbursements**
(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its duties and functions. Appropriations to the Commission are authorized to remain available until expended.
(2) Appropriations to the Commission shall be disbursed on vouchers approved—
(A) jointly by the Chairman and the Cochairman, or
(B) by a majority of the members of the personnel and administration committee established pursuant to [section 3008(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3008/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Use of foreign currencies** For purposes of [section 1754(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1754/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commission shall be deemed to be a standing committee of the Congress and shall be entitled to use funds in accordance with such sections.
**(c) Official reception and representational expenses** Not to exceed $6,000 of the funds appropriated to the Commission for each fiscal year may be used for official reception and representational expenses.
**(d) Foreign travel for official purposes** Foreign travel for official purposes by Commission members and staff may be authorized by either the Chairman or the Cochairman.
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**(a) Personnel and administration committee** The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior Commission member from the minority party in the House of Representatives, and the senior Commission member from the minority party in the Senate.
**(b) Committee functions** All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of Commission staff personnel shall be by a majority vote of the personnel and administration committee, except that—
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of his senior staff person; and
(2) the Chairman and Cochairman each shall have the authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be) who appointed them.
The personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other staff personnel as it deems desirable.
**(c) Staff appointments** All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule pay rates.
**(d) Commission employees as congressional employees**
(1) For purposes of pay and other employment benefits, rights, and privileges and for all other purposes, any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as defined in [section 2107 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2107&num
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3001
[title IV, § 404(b)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–50,
2681–101.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
In subsec. (b), ‘‘chapter 31 of title 31’’ substituted for
‘‘the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended’’ on author-
ity of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067,
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance.
AMENDMENTS
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277 amended second sen-
tence generally. Prior to amendment, second sentence
read as follows: ‘‘Such investment of amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under section 2902(d) of this
title may be made only in interest-bearing obligations
of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to
both principal and interest by the United States.’’
1982—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97–241 inserted ‘‘(including
amounts earned as interest on, and proceeds from the
sale or redemption of, obligations purchased with
amounts received)’’ after ‘‘amounts received’’.
1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–350 substituted ‘‘invest-
ment of amounts authorized to be appropriated under
section 2902(d) of this title may be made’’ for ‘‘invest-
ment may be made’’ in second sentence.
CHAPTER 45—COMMISSION ON SECURITY
AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
Sec.
3001.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in
Europe; establishment.
3002.
Function and duties of Commission.
3003.
Commission membership.
3004.
Testimony of witnesses, production of evi-
dence; issuance of subpena; administration
of oaths.
3005.
Repealed.
3006.
Commission report to Congress; periodic re-
ports; expenditure of appropriations.
3007.
Appropriations for Commission.
3008.
Commission staff.
3009.
Printing and binding costs.
§ 3001. Commission on Security and Cooperation
in Europe;
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