22 U.S.C. § 280h — Representation in Caribbean Commission;

Page 138 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 280h priate provisions of titles III and IX of act Jan. 26, 1948 [see sections 1451 et seq., 1478 and 1479 of this title]. SUBCHAPTER VIII—CARIBBEAN COMMISSION § 280h. Representation in Caribbean Commission; appointment of commissioners and alter- nates The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the Carib- bean Commission, created by ‘‘An agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commis- sion,’’ signed in Washington on October 30, 1946, by representatives of the Governments of the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Nether- lands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and to appoint the United States Com- missioners, and their alternates, thereto. (Mar. 4, 1948, ch. 97, § 1, 62 Stat. 66.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries PURPOSE OF COMMISSION Act Mar. 4, 1948, ch. 97, 62 Stat. 65, provided that: ‘‘Whereas representatives of the Governments of the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America signed ‘An Agree- ment for the establishment of the Caribbean Commis- sion’ in Washington on October 30, 1946, which agree- ment continued and extended the international cooper- ative arrangements initiated in 1942 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States; and ‘‘Whereas the purpose of the Caribbean Commission is to encourage and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the economic and social welfare and ad- vancement of the non-self-governing territories in the Caribbean area, whose economic and social develop- ment is of vital interest to the security of the United States, in accordance with the principles set forth in chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations: There- fore be it’’. ACCEPTANCE OF CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT Pub. L. 87–73, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 194, provided: ‘‘That the President is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the Government of the United States of Amer- ica the ‘Agreement for the Establishment of the Carib- bean Organization’ signed at Washington on June 21, 1960, by representatives of the Governments of the Re- public of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America; that the participa- tion of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Vir- gin Islands of the United States in the Caribbean Orga- nization is hereby authorized; that the Caribbean Orga- nization shall, upon promulgation by the President of an Executive order to this effect, be entitled to the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288); and that the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to appoint or designate a United States observer to the Caribbean Organization.’’ TERMINATION OF CARIBBEAN COMMISSION Article III of the Agreement of the Establishment of the Caribbean Organization provides that ‘‘On the ter- mination of the Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission, signed at Washington on Octo- ber 30, 1946, the assets of the Caribbean Commission shall be and are by virtue of this Agreement trans- ferred to and vested in the Caribbean Organization. The Caribbean Organization is hereby authorized to assume at the same time the liabilities of the Caribbean Com- mission and shall be regarded as the successor body to the Caribbean Commission.’’ Article IV of such Agreement provides that ‘‘The Agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Commission shall terminate at the end of the first meeting of the Caribbean Council provided for in the Statute annexed to this Agreement.’’ Executive Documents EX. ORD. NO. 10609. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO APPOINT ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS Ex. Ord. No. 10609, May 7, 1955, 20 F.R. 3147, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratifica- tion, or other action of the President, so much of the authority vested in the President by the first section of the Joint Resolution of March 4, 1948, entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the Caribbean Commission and authorizing an appropriation therefor’’ (62 Stat. 66; 22 U.S.C. 280h) as consists of authority to appoint alter- nate United States Commissioners to the Caribbean Commission. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. § 280i. Authorization of appropriations There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— (a) Not more than $142,000 annually for the payment by the United States of its propor- tionate share of the expenses of the Commission and its auxiliary and subsidiary bodies, pursuant to article XV of the ‘‘agreement for the Estab- lishment of the Caribbean Commission’’; and (b) Such additional sums as may be needed for the payment of all necessary expenses incident to participation by the United States in the ac- tivities of the Commission, including salaries of the United States Commissioners, their alter- nates, appropriate staff, without regard to the civil-service laws, and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; personal services in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5; hire of passenger motor vehicles and other local transportation; printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 and section 6101 of title 41; and such other ex- penses as the Secretary of State finds necessary to participation by the United States in the ac- tivities of the Commission: Provided, That the provisions of section 287r of this title, and regu- lations thereunder, applicable to expenses in- curred pursuant to subchapter XVII of this chap- ter shall be applicable to any expenses incurred pursuant to this paragraph. (Mar. 4, 1948, ch. 97, § 2, 62 Stat. 66; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, § 202(2), title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Subchapter XVII [§ 287m et seq.] of this chapter, re- ferred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to the Act of July 30, 1946 (Public Law 565, Seventy- ninth Congress). CODIFICATION In subsec. (b), ‘‘chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap- ter 53 of title 5’’ and ‘‘section 3109 of title 5’’ sub-