Pub. L. 107-77, tit. IV, sec. 408

Sec. 408. (a) Section 303 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 (as enacted into law by section 101(a) of Public Law 100–202) is amended in the first sentence by striking “$440,000” and inserting “$620,000”. (b)(1) Section 2(2) of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, approved July 11, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 1928b) is amended— (A) by striking “$100,000” and inserting “$200,000”; and (B) by striking “$50,000” each of the two places it appears and inserting “$100,000”. (2) Section 2 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Mexico”, approved April 9, 1960 (22 U.S.C. 276i)is amended— (A) by striking “$80,000” and inserting “$120,000”; and 115 STAT. 791 (B) by striking “$40,000” each of the two places it appears and inserting “$60,000”. (3) Section 2 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Canada”, approved June 11, 1959 (22 U.S.C. 276e)is amended— (A) by striking “$70,000” and inserting “$150,000”; and(B) by striking “$35,000” each of the two places it appears and inserting “$75,000”. (B) Section 109(b) of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 276 note) is amended by striking “$50,000” and inserting “$100,000”. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever either the House of Representatives or the Senate does not appoint its allotment of members as part of the American delegation or group to a conference or assembly of the British-American Interparliamentary Group, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe(CSCE), the Mexico United States Interparliamentary Group, the North Atlantic Assembly, or any similar interparliamentary group of which the United States is a member or participates and so notifies the other body of Congress, the other body may make appointments to complete the membership of the American delegation. Any appointment pursuant to this section shall be for the period of such conference or assembly and the body of Congress making such an appointment shall be responsible for the expenses of any member so appointed. Any such appointment shall be made in the same manner in which other appointments to the delegation by such body of Congress are made. This title may be cited as the “Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2002”.