Chapter 154.
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CHAP. 154.— Joint Resolution Requesting the President to invite the Interparliamentary Union to meet in Washington City in 1925, and authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of the meeting. May 13, 1924.[[S. J. Res. 104](/us/bill/68/sjres/104).][[Pub. Res. No. 19](/us/bill/68/pubres/19).] Whereas the Congress, in an Act approved June 30, 1914, requestedInterparliamentary Union.Preamble.Vol. 38, p. 450. the President to extend an invitation to the Interparliamentary Union to hold its annual meeting for the year 1915 in the city of Washington, and in the same Act appropriated the sum of $40,000 to defray the expenses of the said meeting; and Whereas when the World War led to repeated postponements of the said meeting the Congress repeatedly extended the appropriation:
First, the Act of July 1, 1916, extended it and made it available for the calendar years 1916 and 1917; second, the Act of March 3, 1917, extended the appropriation and made itVol. 39, pp. 260, 1056. available for the calendar year 1918; third, the Act of April 15, 1918,Vol. 40, p. 527. extended the appropriation and made it available for the calendar year 1919; and Whereas this appropriation, repeatedly extended, has lapsed, and no part of it having been expended, and the meeting thus arranged for in Washington City has not been held:
Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the PresidentInvited to meet in Washington in 1925. be requested to invite the Interparliamentary Union to hold its annual meeting for the. year 1925 in the city of Washington. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of defraying the expenses incidentExpenses authorized.*Post*, p. 692. to said meeting the appropriation of $50,000, to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, is hereby authorized.
Approved, May 13, 1924.