[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2468 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2468

 To establish a United States-India interparliamentary exchange group.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2009

Mr. McDermott introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a United States-India interparliamentary exchange group.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-India 
Interparliamentary Exchange Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-INDIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE GROUP.

    (a) Establishment and Meetings.--There is established a United 
States-India Interparliamentary Exchange Group. Not to exceed 12 
Members of Congress shall be appointed to meet annually and when 
Congress is not in session (except that this restriction shall not 
apply to meetings held in the United States) with representatives of 
the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India for discussion 
of common issues in the interest of relations between the United States 
and India. Members of Congress so appointed shall be referred to as the 
``United States group'' of the United States Interparliamentary 
Exchange Group.
    (b) Appointment of Members.--Of the Members of Congress appointed 
under subsection (a)--
            (1) half shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives from among Members of the House (not fewer than 
        two of whom shall be Members of the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs and including both Co-Chairs of the Congressional 
        Caucus on India and Indian-Americans); and
            (2) half shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of 
        the Senate, upon recommendations of the majority and minority 
        leaders of the Senate, from among Members of the Senate (not 
        fewer than two of whom shall be members of the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations) unless the majority and minority leaders of 
        the Senate determine otherwise.
    (c) Chair and Vice Chair.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall designate the Chair or Vice Chair of the House 
delegation, and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall designate 
the Chair or Vice Chair of the Senate delegation.
    (d) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated no more than 
$100,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the expenses of the 
United States group for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is 
made. Appropriations shall be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by 
the Chair of the United States group.
    (e) Annual Report.--The United States group shall submit to 
Congress a report for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is 
made for the United States group, which shall include its expenditures 
under such appropriation.
    (f) Certification of Expenditures.--The certificate of the Chair of 
the House delegation or the Senate delegation of the United States 
group shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the 
auditing of the accounts of the United States group.
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