Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The Bureau of International Expositions
(BIE)is a treaty-based organization, with 169 member-states, responsible for governing World Fairs and International Expositions since the signing of the Convention Concerning International Expositions on November 22, 1928. The United States is a party to the Convention. The United States withdrew from membership in the BIE in 2001 in response to congressional limitations on the expenditure of funds for United States participation. The United States and other non-members of the BIE face significantly higher costs to host and to participate in international expositions because of their non-member status. The bid of a United States city, region, or State to host an international exposition is unlikely to be successful if the United States is not a member of the BIE, because BIE rules require that members receive a preference over non-members for all such bids. Since the United States was previously a member of the BIE, and has already acceded to the Convention, no formal congressional action is necessary for the United States to rejoin the BIE. The United States regularly enters into international legal agreements with other countries or international organizations, that are binding on the United States as a matter of international law. Under United States law, such agreements may take the form of treaties or executive agreements. The President may enter into an international agreement on matters within his constitutional authority to the extent that the agreement is not inconsistent with enacted legislation. The United States is currently a party to approximately 900 treaties and 5,000 executive agreements. Section 1(a) of Public Law 91–269 ( 22 U.S.C. 2801(a) ) found that international expositions … have a significant impact on the economic growth of the region surrounding the exposition and … are important instruments of national policy . Although section 204 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 ( 22 U.S.C. 2452b ) prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated to the Department of State for a United States pavilion or other major exhibit at any international exposition or world's fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions in excess of amounts expressly authorized and appropriated for such purposes , the section neither prohibits nor restricts the United States from being a member of the BIE.
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- Pub. L. 91-269
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