[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 299]
[Revised as of April 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR181.7]

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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. 181.7  Transmittal to the Congress.

    (a) International agreements other than treaties shall be 
transmitted by the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs to the 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
as soon as practicable after the entry into force of such agreements, 
but in no event later than 60 days thereafter.
    (b) Classified agreements shall be transmitted by the Assistant 
Secretary of State for Congressional Relations to the Senate Committee 
on Foreign Relations and to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
    (c) The Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs shall also 
transmit to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives background information to accompany each agreement 
reported under the Act. Background statements, while not expressly 
required by the act, have been requested by the Congress and have become 
an integral part of the reporting requirement. Each background statement 
shall include information explaining the agreement, the negotiations, 
the effect of the agreement, and a precise citation of legal authority. 
At the request of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, each 
background statement is to be prepared in time for transmittal with the 
agreement it accompanies by the office most closely concerned with the 
agreement. Background statements for classified agreements are to be 
transmitted by the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional 
Relations to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and to the House 
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
    (d) Pursuant to section 12 of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 
3311), any

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agreement entered into between the American Institute in Taiwan and the 
governing authorities on Taiwan, or any agreement entered into between 
the Institute and an agency of the United States Government, shall be 
transmitted by the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional 
Relations to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives as soon as practicable after the entry into force of 
such agreements, but in no event later than 60 days thereafter. 
Classified agreements entered into by the Institute shall be transmitted 
by the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to the Senate 
Committee on Foreign Affairs.