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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 469-JUNE 14, 1948 441 [CHAPTER 469] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the World [S. . es.98 Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor. [Public Law643] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby World Health Or- authorized to accept membership for the United States in the World g cepceof mem- Health Organization (hereinafter referred to as the Organization), the bersp for U.S. constitution of which was adopted in New York on July 22, 1946, by the International Health Conference for the establishment of an Inter- national Health Organization, and deposited in the archives of the United Nations. SEC. 2 . The President shall designate from time to time to attend a Designation of rep- specified session or specified sessions of the World Health Assembly resentatives, etc. of the Organization not to exceed three delegates of the United States and such number of alternates as he may determine consistent with the rules of procedure of the World Health Assembly. One of the dele- gates shall be designated as the chief delegate. Whenever the United States becomes entitled to designate a person to serve on the Executive Board of the Organization, under article 24 of the constitution of the Organization, the President shall designate a representative of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and may designate not to exceed one alternate to attend sessions of the Executive Board. Such representative must be a graduate of a recog- nized medical school and have spent not less than three years in active practice as a physician or surgeon. Such representative shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $12,000 per annum and any such alternate shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $10,000 per annum for such period or periods as the President may specify, except that no Member of the Senate or House of Representatives or officer of the United States who is thus designated shall be entitled to receive such compensation: Provided, Loytsey and urity That no person shall serve as such representative, delegate, or alter- nate until such person has been investigated as to loyalty and security by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to thoppriedat a the Department of State- Pos, p.1047. (a) such sums, not to exceed $1,920,000 per annum, as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization, including those incurred by the Interim Commission, as apportioned by the Health Assembly in accordance with Article 56 of the Constitution of the Organiza- tion; and (b) such additional sums, not to exceed $83,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, as may be necessary to pay the expenses incident to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization, including- (1) salaries of the representative and alternate provided for in section 2 hereof, and appropriate staff, including per- sonal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; services as authorized by section 15 S8ta.188 . 5U.S. C. t§661-M74. of Public Law 600, Seventy-ninth Congress; under such rules 60 stat. 810. and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, allow- 6 U. S. C . 65a ances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light and cost of living allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act ofMarch 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111), and section 3709 40s tat- 127 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; and 41 U. 8 . 1.I