22 U.S.C. § 269g — Private International Law Conference at

Page 99 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 271 under article 16(4) of the Paris Convention for the Pro- tection of Industrial Property up to a maximum of 4.5 percent of the total expenses apportioned among mem- ber countries, for provisions authorizing appropriation of sums for payment by the United States of its propor- tionate share not exceeding $15,000 annually. 1963—Pub. L. 88–69 increased the limitation on the an- nual appropriation authorization from $7,250 to $15,000. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title. § 269g. Private International Law Conference at The Hague and Private Law International In- stitute in Rome; membership; appointment of delegates The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States in (1) the Hague Conference on Private International Law and (2) the International (Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private Law, and to appoint the United States delegates and their alternates to meetings of the two or- ganizations, and the committees and organs thereof. (Pub. L. 88–244, § 1, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 775.) § 269g–1. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share of the expenses of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and of the International (Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private Law. (Pub. L. 88–244, § 2, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 92–497, Oct. 17, 1972, 86 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 114, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 278.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1982—Pub. L. 97–241 struck out provision that no pay- ment of the United States for any year exceed 7 per centum of all expenses apportioned among members for that year. 1972—Pub. L. 92–497 substituted provisions author- izing to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment of the United States of its propor- tionate share, except that no payment of the United States for any year shall exceed 7 per centum of all ex- penses apportioned among members for that year, for provisions authorizing to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $25,000 annually, for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title. § 269h. International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs; authorization of annual ap- propriations for expenses There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State such sums as may be necessary, including contributions pursuant to the convention of July 5, 1890, as amended, for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs and of the Bureau established to carry out the functions of the Union, but not to exceed 6 per centum of such expenses per annum. (Pub. L. 90–569, Oct. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 1003.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title. §§ 270 to 270g. Repealed. Pub. L. 88–619, § 3, Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 995 Sections 270 to 270c, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, §§ 1–4, 46 Stat. 1005, 1006, related to international tribunals, the administration of oaths, perjury, testimony of wit- nesses, production of documentary evidence, subpoena power, contempt and its punishment, the authority of commissioners to take evidence, and to procedure. See section 1782 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Proce- dure. Sections 270d to 270g, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, §§ 5–8, as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 117, 118, related to international tribunals, issuance of subpoenas upon ap- plication of United States’ agent to United States dis- trict court, proceedings thereon, notice to foreign gov- ernments, forwarding of certified transcripts of testi- mony to agents of United States and any opposing gov- ernment, perjury and contempt and the penalties there- for, and declared the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to be a district court of the United States. See section 1782 of Title 28. § 271. International Labor Organization; member- ship The President is authorized to accept member- ship for the Government of the United States of America in the International Labor Organiza- tion, which, through its general conference of representatives of its members and through its International Labor Office, collects information concerning labor throughout the world and pre- pares international conventions for the consid- eration of member governments with a view to improving conditions of labor. (June 19, 1934, ch. 676, § 1, 48 Stat. 1182.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTITUTION BY UNITED STATES Act June 30, 1948, ch. 756, § 1, 62 Stat. 1151, provided: ‘‘That the President is hereby authorized to accept for the Government of the United States of America the Constitution of the International Labor Organization Instrument of Amendment adopted by the Twenty- ninth Session of the International Labor Conference on October 9, 1946.’’ ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BY UNITED STATES Pub. L. 88–65, July 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 80, provided: ‘‘That the President is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the United States of America the instrument for the amendment of the constitution of the Inter- national Labor Organization adopted at Geneva on June 22, 1962, by the International Labor Conference at its forty-sixth session.’’