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Foreign Leaders Addressing Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised April 15, 2024
Report Number IF10211
Report Type In Focus
Authors Jacob R. Straus
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Foreign heads of state are periodically invited to address Congress. The first address by a foreign dignitary occurred on December 10, 1824, when Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette addressed the House. The most recent address took place on June 8, 2016, when His Excellency Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, addressed a joint meeting of Congress.