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# 22 U.S.C. § 262 - President’s participation in international congresses restricted

## Text

The Executive shall not extend or accept any invitation to participate in any international congress, conference, or like event, without first having specific authority of law to do so.

(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 149, 37 Stat. 913.)