22 U.S.C. § 268 — International Joint Commission; salaries;

Page 96 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 268 ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION The International Joint Commission was organized in 1911 pursuant to article VII of the treaty of January 11, 1909, with Great Britain, 36 Stat. 2448. Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Provisions of this section relating to the payment of salaries and expenses of the International Joint Com- mission were omitted. For provisions relating to the payment of salaries of the United States members of the International Joint Commission, see section 268 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries WATER RESOURCES PLANNING Jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the Inter- national Joint Commission, United States and Canada, unaffected by Water Resources Planning Act, see sec- tion 1962–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. PASSAMAQUODDY TIDAL POWER PROJECT Joint Res. Jan. 31, 1956, ch. 27, 70 Stat. 9, provided for the Secretary of State to request the International Joint Commission created by the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada to ar- range for a final survey to be made to determine the cost of construction and economic feasibility of the proposed Passamaquoddy tidal power project at Passa- maquoddy Bay, authorized United States agencies to assist the Commission, authorized appropriations, and required the Secretary of State to report the results of the survey to Congress. § 268. International Joint Commission; salaries; powers The salaries of the members on the part of the United States, of the International Joint Com- mission, established under the treaty of January 11, 1909, between the United States and Great Britain, relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, shall be fixed by the President. Said commission or any member thereof shall have power to administer oaths and to take evidence on oath whenever deemed necessary in any proceeding or inquiry or mat- ter within its jurisdiction under said treaty, and said commission shall be authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses in any proceedings before it or the production of books and papers when necessary by application to the district court of the United States for the district within which such session is held, which court is hereby empowered and directed to make all orders and issue all processes necessary and appropriate for that purpose. (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1364.) § 268a. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 650 Section, act May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 191, related to compensation and travel expenses of the International Joint Commission. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 895. Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title I, 52 Stat. 256. June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title I, 50 Stat. 270. May 15, 1936, ch. 405, 49 Stat. 1319. Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, 49 Stat. 75. § 268b. Advances from appropriation ‘‘Boundary line, Alaska and Canada, and the United States and Canada’’ Advances of money under the appropriation ‘‘Boundary line, Alaska and Canada, and the United States and Canada’’, may be made to the commissioner on the part of the United States and by his authority to chiefs of parties prior to March 2, 1921. (Apr. 15, 1918, ch. 52, 40 Stat. 523; Mar. 2, 1921, ch. 113, 41 Stat. 1210; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Apr. 29, 1926, ch. 195, title I, 44 Stat. 336; Feb. 24, 1927, ch. 189, title I, 44 Stat. 1185; Feb. 15, 1928, ch. 57, title I, 45 Stat. 70; Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title I, 45 Stat. 1101; Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title I, 46 Stat. 179; Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 643; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 231(aa), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 111(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3833.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is from the Diplomatic and Consular Service Appropriation Act of Mar. 2, 1921. Similar provisions were contained in act Apr. 15, 1918, and other prior acts. Acts Apr. 29, 1926; Feb. 24, 1927; Feb. 15, 1928; Jan. 25, 1929; and Apr. 18, 1930, were appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1931, respectively. These Acts made applicable boundary appropriations for the enumerated fiscal years. Section was formerly classified to section 535 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–316 substituted ‘‘chiefs of parties’’ for ‘‘chiefs of parties and accounts arising under ad- vances shall be rendered through and by the commis- sioner on the part of the United States to the General Accounting Office as under advances made to chiefs of parties’’. 1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions that re- quired chiefs of parties to give bonds. 1966—Pub. L. 89–554 struck out provisions that related to traveling expenses of the commissioner. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Treasury Department’’ pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred powers and duties conferred upon Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other officers of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 268c. Limitation on expenditure of funds for compensation of International Boundary Commissioner to actual hours worked Funds appropriated on and after September 30, 1996, or otherwise made available under this Act or any other Act may be expended for compensa- tion of the United States Commissioner of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, only for actual hours worked by such Commissioner. (Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title IV, § 403], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–54.)