of any international organization for which the appropriation for the United States contribution is contained in this Act: Provided, That in exceptional circumstances necessitating a contribution by the United States in excess of 333 per centum of the budget, a commitment requiring a United States appropriation of a larger proportion may be made after consultation by United States representatives in the organization or other appropriate officials of the Department of State with the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to the United States representatives to the Inter-American organizations, Caribbean Commission and the Joint Support program of the International Civil Aviation Organization. (Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title VI, § 602, 65 Stat. 599; July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 550; Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 368.) REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in the text, refers to the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1952. CODIFICATION Provisions which prohibited representatives of the United States Government to any international organization of which the United States was not a member in 1952 from making any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United States in excess of 33% percent of the budget of such international organization, which provisions were from the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1953, were omitted since they were not repeated in subsequent appropriaton acts. § 263. International Prison Commission. The United States shall continue as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission and participate in the work of said commission. The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, authorized annually to pay the pro rata share of the United States in the administration expenses of the International Prison Commission and the necessary expenses of a commissioner to represent the United States on said commission at its annual meetings, together with necessary clerical and other expenses, out of any money which shall be appropriated for such purposes from time to time by Congress. (Feb. 28, 1913, ch. 86, 37 Stat. 692.) § 263a. International Criminal Police Commission. The Attorney General is authorized to accept and maintain, on behalf of the United States, membership in the International Criminal Police Organization, and to designate any departments and agencies which may participate in the United representation with that organization. Each participating department and agency is authorized to pay its pro rata share, as determined by the Attorney General, of the expenses of such membership. The total dues to be paid for the membership of the United States shall not exceed $25,000 per annum. (June 10, 1938, ch. 335, 52 Stat. 640; Aug. 27, 1958, Pub. L. 85-768, 72 Stat. 921.) AMENDMENTS 1958-Pub. L. 85-768 amended section to authorize the Attorney General to designate departments and agencies which may participate, on a pro rata share basis, in the United States representation with the International Criminal Police Organization, and to increase from $1,500 to $25,000 per annum the amount of expenses which may be incurred by reason of United States membership. §§ 264, 265. Omitted. CODIFICATION Section 264, act Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 418, related to the Pan American Union, and has been superseded by Convention of 1928, ratified by the United States and providing that the government of the Pan American Union should be vested in a governing board. Section 265, act Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title I, 45 Stat. 1102, which was from an appropriation act, related to disposition of receipts of Pan American Union, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to section 265 were contained in the following appropriation acts: 1928-Feb. 15, 1928, ch. 57, title I, 45 Stat. 71. § 266. International commission of congresses of navigation; appropriation for expenses. The sum of $3,000 a year is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited national delegates of the United States to the meetings of the congresses and of the commission; and the Secretary of the Army is authorized to draw his warrant each year upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sum, not to exceed $3,000, as may in his opinion be proper to apply to the purposes above mentioned, and the said sum shall be disbursed under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. The national delegates aforesaid from the United States shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred while traveling to and from the meetings, and while in attendance thereon, from the funds appropriated in this section and authorized to be expended. (June 28, 1902, ch. 1306, 32 Stat. 485; June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 2, 48 Stat. 1225.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. AMENDMENTS 1934-Act June 6, 1934, eff. July 1, 1935, repealed the permanent appropriation formerly contained in this section and provided for the authorization of an annual appropriation in the same amount as the permanent appropriation. See section 725a of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 266a. International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts; appropriation. CODIFICATION Section transferred to section 231 of Title 49, Transportation. § 266b. Repealed. June 11, 1940, ch. 306, 54 Stat. 263. Section, Joint Res. Aug. 7, 1935, ch. 455, § 2, 49 Stat. 540, related to termination of Authorizations for Participation in Work of Committee of International Technical Aerial Legal Experts. § 267. Permanent Commission of International Geodetic Association; representative of United States. The duly appointed representative of the United States on the permanent commission of the International Geodetic Association is granted authority to vote with the representatives on the permanent commission from other nations on all matters coming before the association, including the extension of its existence, subject to the approval of Congress. (Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 161, 39 Stat. 1055.) § 267a. Same; appointment of delegates; compensation. The President is authorized to appoint delegates, who shall be officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Association whenever and wheresoever the same shall be held; but no extra salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such officers by reason of such attendance. (July 23, 1894, No. 37, 28 Stat. 587.) § 267b. International Joint Commission; invitation to establish; personnel; duties. The President of the United States is requested to invite the Government of Great Britain to join in the formation of an international commission, to be composed of three members from the United States and three who shall represent the interests of the Dominion of Canada, whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the conditions and uses of the waters adjacent to the boundary lines between the United States and Canada, including all of the waters of the lakes and rivers whose natural outlet is by the River Saint Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean; also upon the maintenance and regulation of suitable levels; and also upon the effect upon the shores of these waters and the structures thereon, and upon the interests of navigation, by reason of the diversion of these waters from or change in their natural flow; and, further, to report upon the necessary measures to regulate such diversion, and to make such recommendations for improvements and regulations as shall best subserve the interests of navigation in said waters. The said commissioners shall report upon the advisability of locating a dam at the outlet of Lake Erie, with a view to determining whether such dam will benefit navigation, and if such structure is deemed advisable, shall make recommendations to their respective Governments looking to an agreement or treaty which shall provide for the construction of the same, and they shall make an estimate of the probable cost thereof. The President, in selecting the three members of said Commission who shall represent the United States, is authorized to appoint one officer of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one civil engineer well versed in the hydraulics of the Great Lakes, and one lawyer of experience in questions of international and riparian law, and said Commission shall be authorized to employ such persons as it may deem needful in the performance of the duties hereby imposed; and for the purpose of paying the expenses and salaries of said Commission the Secretary of the Army is authorized to expend from the amounts heretofore appropriated for the Saint Marys River at the Falls, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay that portion of the expenses of said Commission chargeable to the United States. (June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 4, 32 Stat. 373.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of aet Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION The International Joint Commission was organized in 1911 pursuant to article VII of the treaty of January 11, 1909, with Great Britain, 36 Stat. 2448. § 268. Same; salaries; powers. The salaries of the members on the part of the United States, of the International Joint Commission, established under the treaty of January 11, 1909, between the United States and Great Britain, relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, shall be fixed by the President. Said commission or any member thereof shall have power to administer oaths and to take evidence on oath whenever deemed necessary in any proceeding or inquiry or matter within its jurisdiction under said treaty, and said commission shall be authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses in any proceedings before it or the production of books and papers when necessary by application to the district court of the United States for the district within which such session is held, which court is hereby empowered and directed to make all orders and issue all processes necessary and appropriate for that purpose. (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1364.) PASSAMAQUODDY TIDAL POWER PROJECT Joint Res. Jan. 31, 1956, ch. 27, 70 Stat. 9, provided: That "SEC. 1. [Final survey of costs and feasibility.] the International Joint Commission created by the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, signed at Washington on January 11, 1909, under the provisions of such treaty, be requested by the Secretary of State to arrange for a final survey to be made to determine the cost of construction of the proposed Passamaquoddy tidal power project at Passamaquoddy Bay in the State of Maine, United States of America, and the Province of New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, and to determine whether or not such cost would allow hydroelectric power to be produced at a price that is economically feasible, and also to determine what contri bution such project would make to the national economy and the national defense. "SEC. 2. [Use of reports.] The survey provided for in the first section shall make use of the report (dated March 15, 1950) made by the International Passamaquoddy Engineering Board to the International Joint Commission, and with the supplemental report (dated May 1952) on details of estimate of cost of comprehensive investigation of Passamaquoddy tidal power project by Corps of Engineers, United States Army. "SEC. 3. Agency assistance.] The Secretary of the Army, the Federal Power Commission, and other officers and agencies of the Government of the United States are authorized to assist the International Joint Commission in the making of such survey, and shall be compensated for any work performed pursuant to this section out of such funds as may hereafter be appropriated for use by the International Joint Commission in carrying out this Joint resolution. "SEC. 4. [Report by Secretary.] The Secretary of State shall report the results of such survey to the Congress of the United States. "SEC. 5. [Appropriation.] There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3.000.000 to carry out this joint resolution, and any sum appropriated pursuant to this section shall be included in any determination of the proportionate share of the cost of construction of the Passamaquoddy tidal power project to be borne by the United States. "SEC. 6. [Restriction. Nothing in this joint resolution or the survey authorized herein shall in any way commit the Congress or the Government of the United States as to future action on construction of any such project." FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Subpoena, see rule 45, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 268a. Same; compensation; traveling expenses. CODIFICATION Section, act May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I. § 101, 54 Stat. 191, was from the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1941, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. See section 268 of this title. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1939-June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 895. § 269. Permanent Association of International Road Congresses; annual appropriation for membership. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding $3,000 per annum to enable the United States to accept membership in the Permanent Association of International Road Congresses. (June 18, 1926, ch. 623, 44 Stat. 754.) § 269a. Central Bureau of the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale; appropriation. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an annual sum of $50 as a contribution on the part of the United States toward the expenses incurred by the Central Bureau of the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale. (July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title I, § 101, 63 Stat. 449.) SIMILAR PROVISIONS The text of this section was taken from Department of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1950. Similar provisions were contained in the following acts: 1948-June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title I. § 101, 62 Stat. 308. Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title I, 46 Stat. 173. Annual appropriations were contained in the following acts: 1958-June 30, 1958, Pub. L. 85-474, title I, § 101, 72 Stat. 246. 1957-June 11, 1957, Pub. L. 85-49, title I, § 101, 71 Stat. 56. 1956-June 20, 1956, ch. 414, title I. § 101, 70 Stat. 301. 1955-July 7, 1955, ch. 279, title I, § 101, 69 Stat. 265. 1954-July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 414. 1953-Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 368. 1952-July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 550. 1951-Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title I, § 101, 65 Stat. 577. 1950-Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. III, title I, § 101, 64 Stat. 610. § 269b. American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood; appropriation. In order to meet the obligations of the United States as a member of the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood, there is authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State such sums, not to exceed $25,000 per annum, as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Institute, as apportioned in accordance with the statutes of the Institute. (May 3, 1928, ch. 489, 45 Stat. 487; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1 (a), 64 Stat. 902; July 27, 1956, ch. 750, 70 Stat. 696.) AMENDMENTS 1956 Act July 27, 1956, amended section by increasing authorized annual appropriation from $10,000 to $25,000, and reworded section, formerly consisting of subsecs. (a) and (b), eliminating provisions of former subsec. (a), which authorized $24,000 for contributions from 1946 to 1949. 1950-Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, increased the authorized annual appropriations from $2,000 to $10,000 and authorized $24,000 for contributions from 1946 to 1949. LIMITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions by United States, except for special projects, limited to amount provided by Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950; consent by State Department and reports to Congress, see section 262a of this title. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS Annual appropriations were contained in the following Department of State Appropriation Acts: 1958-June 30, 1958, Pub. L. 85-474, title I, § 101, 72 Stat. 246. 1957-June 11, 1957, Pub. L. 85-49, title I, § 101, 71 Stat. 56. 1956-June 20, 1956, ch. 414, title I, § 101, 70 Stat. 301. 1955 July 7, 1955, ch. 279, title I, § 101, 69 Stat. 265. July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 414. 1953-Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 368. 1952-July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 550. 1954 1951-Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title I. § 101, 65 Stat. 577. 1950-Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. III, title I, § 101, 64 Stat. 610. 1949-July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title I, § 101, 63 Stat. 449. 1948-June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title I, § 101, 62 Stat. 308. 1947-July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 282. 1946-July 5, 1946, ch. 541. title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 453. 1945-May 21, 1945, ch. 129, title I, 59 Stat. 175. 1944-June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title I, 58 Stat. 402. 1943-July 1, 1943, ch. 182, title I, 57 Stat. 278. 1942-July 2, 1942, ch. 472, title I, 56 Stat. 475. 1941-June 28, 1941, ch. 258, title I, 55 Stat. 272. 1940-May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 188. 1939-June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 892. 1938-Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title I, 52 Stat. 254. 1937-June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title I, 50 Stat. 267. 1936-May 15, 1936, ch. 405, title I, 49 Stat. 1315. 1935-Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title I, 49 Stat. 73. 1934-Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title I, 48 Stat. 534. 1933-Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title I, 47 Stat. 1376. 1932-July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title I, 47 Stat. 485. 1931-Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, title I, 46 Stat. 1309. 1930-Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title I, 46 Stat. 173. 1929-Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title I, 45 Stat. 1106. § 269c. International Statistical Bureau at The Hague; appropriation. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, sums not exceeding $2,500 per annum to enable the United States to maintain membership in the International Statistical Bureau at The Hague, such sums to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. (Apr. 28, 1924, ch. 136, 43 Stat. 112.) § 269d. Inter American Statistical Institute; appropriation. To enable the United States to become an adherIng member of the Inter American Statistical Institute, there is authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required for expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of State, for the payment of the share of the United States toward the support of the Institute: Provided, That (1) the membership dues of the United States payable for any fiscal year shall not be paid unless, during the preceding fiscal year, at least eight other American nations shall have been in good standing as adhering members, and unless at least eight of such other adhering members for the last preceding year for which such members were respectively obligated to pay dues shall have paid dues which aggregated at least $10,000, and (2) the total cost to the United States for any fiscal year, for adhering membership, shall not exceed $35,000. (Jan. 27, 1942, ch. 122, 56 Stat. 20; July 2, 1945, ch. 218, 59 Stat. 311.) AMENDMENTS 1945-Act July 2, 1945, amended section, substituting the single proviso for two provisos. § 269e. International Civil Aviation Organization; availability of funds for United States participation. CODIFICATION Section, acts July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, § 101. 66 Stat. 551; Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 368; July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 415; July 7, 1955, ch. 279, title I, § 101, 69 Stat. 266; June 20, 1956. ch. 414, title I, § 101, 70 Stat. 301, was from annual Department of State Appropriation Acts. Similar provisions were made permanent, and are classified to section 170k of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Whenever any claim in which the United States or any of its nationals is interested is pending before an international tribunal or commission, established pursuant to an agreement between the United States and any foreign government or governments, each member of such tribunal or commission, or the clerk or a secretary thereof, shall have authority to administer oaths in all proceedings before the tribunal or commission; and every person knowingly and willfully swearing or affirming falsely in any such proceedings, whether held within or outside the United States, its territories or possessions, shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall, upon conviction, suffer the punishment provided by the laws of the United States for that offense, when committed in its courts of justice. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 1, 46 Stat. 1005.) CROSS REFERENCES Perjury, see chapter 79 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. § 270a. Same; testimony of witnesses; documentary evidence; subpoenas. Any such international tribunal or commission shall have power to require by subpoena the attendance and the testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence relating to any matter pending before it. Any member of the tribunal or commission may sign subpoenas. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 2, 46 Stat. 1006.) § 270b. Same; contempts. Any failure to attend as a witness or to testify as a witness or to produce documentary evidence in an appropriate case may be regarded as a contempt of the authority of the tribunal or commission and shall be punishable in any court of the United States in the same manner as is provided by the laws of the United States for that offense when committed in its courts of justice. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 3, 46 Stat. 1006.) CROSS REFERENCES Punishment for contempt, see section 402 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. § 270c. Same; commissioners to take evidence; procedure. To afford such international tribunal or commission needed facilities for the disposition of cases pending therein said tribunal or commission is authorized and empowered to appoint competent persons, to be named as commissioners, who shall attend the taking of or take evidence in cases that may be assigned to them severally by the tribunal or commission and make report of the findings in the case to the tribunal or commission. Any such commissioner shall proceed under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the tribunal or commission and such orders as the tribunal or commission may make in the particular case and may have and perform the general duties that pertain to special masters in suits in equity. He may fix the times for hearings, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. Either party to the proceeding before the tribunal or commission may appear before the commissioner by attorney, produce evidence, and examine witnesses. Subpoenas for witnesses or for the production of testimony before the commissioner may issue out of the tribunal or commission by the clerk thereof and shall be served by a United States marshal in any judicial district in which they are directed. Subpoenas issued by such tribunal or commission requiring the attendance of witnesses in order to be examined before any person commissioned to take testimony therein shall have the same force as if issued from a district court and compliance therewith shall be compelled under such rules and orders as the tribunal or commission shall establish. Any person appointed as commissioner may be removed at the pleasure of the tribunal or commission by which he is appointed. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 4, 46 Stat. 1006.) § 270d. Same; subpoenas; application by agent to United States district court. The agent of the United States before any international tribunal or commission, whether previously or hereafter established, in which the United States participates as a party whenever he desires to obtain testimony or the production of books and papers by witnesses may apply to the United States district court for the district in which such witness or witnesses reside or may be found, for the issuance of subpoenas to require their attendance and testimony before the United States district court for that district and the production therein of books and papers, relating to any matter or claim in which the United States on its own behalf or on behalf of any of its nationals is concerned as a party claimant or respondent before such international tribunal or commission. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 5, as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 117.) FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Subpoena, see rule 45, Title 28, Appendix; Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Any United States district court to which such application shall be made shall have authority to issue or cause to be issued such subpoenas upon the same terms as are applicable to the issuance of subpoenas in suits pending in the United States district court, and the clerk thereof shall have authority to administer oaths respecting testimony given therein, and the marshal thereof shall serve such subpoenas upon the person or persons to whom they are directed. The hearing of witnesses and taking of their testimony and the production of books and papers pursuant to such subpoenas shall be before the United States district court for that district or before a commissioner or referee appointed by it for the taking of such testimony, and the examination may be oral or upon written interrogatories and may be conducted by the agent of the United States or his representative. Reasonable notice thereof shall be given to the agent or agents of the opposing government or governments concerned in such proceedings who shall have the right to be present in person or by representative and to examine or cross-examine such witnesses at such hearing. A certified transcript of such testimony and any proceedings arising out of the issuance of such subpoenas shall be forwarded by the clerk of the district court to the agent of the United States and also to the agent or agents of the opposing government or governments, without cost. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 6, as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 117.) FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Subpoena, see rule 45, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 270f. Same; perjury; contempts; penalties. Every person knowingly or willfully swearing or affirming falsely in any testimony taken in response to such subpoenas shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer the penalty provided by the laws of the United States for that offense when committed in its courts of justice. Any failure to attend and testify as a witness or to produce any book or paper which is in the possession or control of such witness, pursuant to such subpoena, may be regarded as a contempt of the court and shall be punishable as a contempt by the United States district court in the same manner as is provided by the laws of the United States for that offense in any other proceedings in its courts of justice. (July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 7, as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 118.) CROSS REFERENCES Perjury, see chapter 79 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Punishment for contempt, see section 402 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. § 270g. District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia a district court of United States. CODIFICATION Section, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, § 8, as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 118, has been omitted since the District of Columbia constitutes a judicial district, and the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia is included within the term "United States district court" as used in sections 270d-2701 of this title. See sections 88 and 132 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. § 271. International Labor Organization; membership. The President is authorized to accept membership for the Government of the United States of America in the International Labor Organization, which, through its general conference of representatives of its members and through its International Labor Office, collects information concerning labor throughout the world and prepares international conventions for the consideration of member governments with a view to improving conditions of labor. (June 19, 1934, ch. 676, § 1, 48 Stat. 1182.) ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTITUTION BY UNITED STATES Section 1 of act June 30, 1948, ch. 756, 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." REASONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTITUTION BY UNITED STATES The reasons for acceptance of the Constitution of the Organization by the United States is set forth in the preliminary clauses of act June 30, 1948, ch. 756, 62 Stat. 1151, which provided that: "Whereas the Senate and House of Representatives by Public Resolution Numbered 43 of the Seventy-third |