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22 U.S.C. § 280j

Representation in Congress; appointment of delegates and alternates

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 280j, Representation in Congress; appointment of delegates and alternates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/455259
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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States in, and to appoint the United States delegates and their alternates to, the Pan American Railway Congress, the constitution and bylaws of which were approved in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1946, and deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union in Washington.

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