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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 276h. United States group; appointment; term; meetings
Not to exceed twenty-four Members of Congress shall be appointed
to meet jointly and at least annually with representatives of the
Chamber of Deputies and Chamber of Senators of the Mexican Congress
for discussion of common problems in the interests of relations
between the United States and Mexico. Of the Members of the
Congress to be appointed for the purposes of this subchapter
(hereinafter designated as the United States group) half shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the House from Members of the House
(not less than four of whom shall be from the Foreign Affairs
Committee), and half shall be appointed by the President of the
Senate upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of
the Senate from Members of the Senate (not less than four of whom
shall be from the Foreign Relations Committee). Such appointments
shall be for the period of each meeting of the Mexico-United States
Interparliamentary group except for the four members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, and the four members of the Foreign Relations
Committee, whose appointments shall be for the duration of each
Congress. The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation
shall be a Member from the Foreign Affairs Committee, and, unless
the President of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the
Majority Leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member from the
Foreign Relations Committee.
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