22 USC § 279c - Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s279c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 279c - Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "279c"
section_name: "Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 4, 59 Stat. 530.)"
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# § 279c. Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization

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.

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**Source Credit**: (July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 4, 59 Stat. 530.)