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Code · U.S. Code · Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · CHAPTER 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. · SUBCHAPTER VI— UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION · § 279c

§ 279c. Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization

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Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall on behalf of the United States accept any amendment under paragraph 1 of article XX of the Constitution of the Organization involving any new obligation for the United States.
(July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 4, 59 Stat. 530.)
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§ 279c
Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization
ActJuly 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 4
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