22 CFR § 181.8 - Transmittal to the Congress.

§ 181.8 Transmittal to the Congress.

(a) Not less frequently than once each month the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs shall transmit to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives the following:

(1) A list of all international agreements and qualifying non-binding instruments signed, concluded, or otherwise finalized during the prior month;

(2) The text of all international agreements and qualifying non-binding instruments described in subparagraph (a)(1) of this section;

(3) For each international agreement and qualifying non-binding instrument transmitted, a detailed description of the legal authority relied upon to enter into the international agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument;

(4) A list of all international agreements that entered into force and qualifying non-binding instruments that became operative for the United States or an agency of the United States during the prior month;

(5) The text of all international agreements and qualifying non-binding instruments described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section if such text differs from the text of the agreement or instrument previously provided pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section; and

(6) A statement describing any new or amended statutory or regulatory authority anticipated to be required to fully implement each international agreement and qualifying non-binding instrument included in the list described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

(b) If any of the information or texts to be transmitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section is or contains classified information, the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs shall transmit such information or texts in a classified annex.

(c) Pursuant to section 12 of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3311), any 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 Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs 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 Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.