22 U.S.C. § 267 — Permanent Commission of International

Page 95 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 267b 1935, of the permanent appropriations under the appro- priations titles listed in section 2(b) of such Act, and further provided that such portions of any Acts as made permanent appropriations to be expended under such accounts were amended so as to authorize, in lieu thereof, annual appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury in identical terms and in such amounts as were provided by the laws providing such permanent appropriations. The text of section 2(b)(12) of such Act provides as follows: ‘‘Permanent International Com- mission of Congresses of Navigation (fiscal year) (8–887).’’ See 1934 Amendment note below. AMENDMENTS 1934—Act June 26, 1934, substituted ‘‘The sum of $3,000 a year is authorized to be appropriated’’ for ‘‘The sum of $3,000 a year is hereby appropriated’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec- retary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en- acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad- ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1934 AMENDMENT Act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 2(a), 48 Stat. 1225, provided that the permanent appropriations under the appro- priations titles listed in section 2(b) of such Act were repealed, effective July 1, 1935. § 266a. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 189, 46 Stat. 1162, as amended, which related to appropriations for expenses of participation in the International Technical Com- mittee of Aerial Legal Experts, was transferred to sec- tion 231 of former Title 49, Transportation, and subse- quently repealed by Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379, the first section of which enacted sub- titles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation. § 266b. Repealed. June 11, 1940, ch. 306, 54 Stat. 263 Section, Joint Res. Aug. 7, 1935, ch. 455, § 2, 49 Stat. 540, related to termination of Authorizations for Par- ticipation in Work of Committee of International Tech- nical Aerial Legal Experts. § 267. Permanent Commission of International Geodetic Association; representative of United States The duly appointed representative of the United States on the permanent commission of the International Geodetic Association is grant- ed authority to vote with the representatives on the permanent commission from other nations on all matters coming before the association, in- cluding the extension of its existence, subject to the approval of Congress. (Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 161, 39 Stat. 1055.) § 267a. Appointment of delegates; compensation The President is authorized to appoint dele- gates, who shall be officers of the National Ocean Survey, to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Association whenever and wheresoever the same shall be held; but no extra salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such officers by reason of such attend- ance. (July 23, 1894, No. 37, 28 Stat. 587.) Executive Documents CHANGE OF NAME Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Na- tional Weather Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Envi- ronmental Science Services Administration abolished in 1970 and its personnel, property, records, etc., trans- ferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey. See notes set out under section 311 of Title 15, Com- merce and Trade. § 267b. International Joint Commission; invita- tion to establish; personnel; duties The President of the United States is re- quested to invite the Government of Great Brit- ain to join in the formation of an international commission, to be composed of three members from the United States and three who shall rep- resent the interests of the Dominion of Canada, whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the conditions and uses of the waters adja- cent to the boundary lines between the United States and Canada, including all of the waters of the lakes and rivers whose natural outlet is by the River Saint Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean; also upon the maintenance and regulation of suitable levels; and also upon the effect upon the shores of these waters and the structures there- on, and upon the interests of navigation, by rea- son of the diversion of these waters from or change in their natural flow; and, further, to re- port upon the necessary measures to regulate such diversion, and to make such recommenda- tions for improvements and regulations as shall best subserve the interests of navigation in said waters. The said commissioners shall report upon the advisability of locating a dam at the outlet of Lake Erie, with a view to determining whether such dam will benefit navigation, and if such structure is deemed advisable, shall make recommendations to their respective Govern- ments looking to an agreement or treaty which shall provide for the construction of the same, and they shall make an estimate of the probable cost thereof. The President, in selecting the three members of said Commission who shall represent the United States, is authorized to ap- point one officer of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one civil engineer well versed in the hydraulics of the Great Lakes, and one lawyer of experience in questions of inter- national and riparian law, and said Commission shall be authorized to employ such persons as it may deem needful in the performance of the du- ties hereby imposed. (June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 4, 32 Stat. 373.)