A BILL

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 6, 1955
• Content Type: OPEN

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84TII CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 147
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 6, 1955
Mr. KNOWLAND introduced the following bill ; which was read twice and referi d
to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To require that international agreements other than treaties,
hereafter entered into by the United States, be transmitted to
the Senate within thirty days after the execution thereof.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That title I, United States Code, is amended by inserting
4 therein, immediately after section 112a, a new section as
5 follows :
6 "? 112b. United States international agreements; trans-
7 mission to Senate
8 "The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Senate the
9 text of any international agreement other than a treaty to
10 which the United States is a party that has been signed,
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1 proclaimed, or with reference to which any other final for-
2 mality has been executed subsequent to the date of enact-
3 ment of this section. The text of any such international
4 agreement shall be transmitted to the Senate within thirty
5 days after it is signed, proclaimed, or other final formality
6 is taken with reference to it and shall be referred by the
7 President of the Senate to the appropriate committee of the
8 Senate or joint committee of the Senate and House of Rep-
9 resentatives."
SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 2 of title I, United States
Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after item 112a,
the following :
"112b. United States international agreements; transmission to Senat ".
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