[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 299]
[Revised as of April 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 22CFR181.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 181--COORDINATION, REPORTING AND PUBLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 181.5  Twenty-day rule for concluded agreements.

    (a) Any agency, including the Department of State, that concludes an 
international agreement within the meaning of the Act and of 1 U.S.C. 
112a, whether entered into in the name of the U.S. Government or in the 
name of the agency, must transmit the text of the concluded agreement to 
the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs as soon as 
possible and in no event to arrive at that office later than 20 days 
after the agreement has been signed. The 20-day limit, which is required 
by the Act, is essential for purposes of permitting the Department of 
State to meet its obligation under the Act to transmit concluded 
agreements to the Congress no later than 60 days after their entry into 
force.
    (b) In any case of transmittal after the 20-day limit, the agency or 
Department of State office concerned may be asked to provide to the 
Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs a statement describing the 
reasons for the late transmittal. Any such statements will be used, as 
necessary, in the preparation of the annual report on late transmittals, 
to be signed by the President and transmitted to the Congress, as 
required by subsection (b) of the Act.

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