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“EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Senate section on pages S12053-S12054 on Nov. 27, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE
The following executive reports of committee were submitted:
By Mr. SARBANES for the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
*Mark W. Olson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 1996.
*Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 1998.
*James Gilleran, of California, to be Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision for the remainder of the term expiring October 23, 2002.
*John Thomas Korsmo, of North Dakota, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2009.
*John Thomas Korsmo, of North Dakota, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2002.
*Randall S. Kroszner, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
*Franz S. Leichter, of New York, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2006.
*Allan I. Mendelowitz, of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2007.
*Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
By Mr. BIDEN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Treaty Doc. 106-6 (Exec. Report No. 107-2).
Text of the Committee Recommended Resolutions of Advice and Consent:
(Treaty Doc. 106-6)
Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), SECTION 1. ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF
TERRORIST BOMBINGS, SUBJECT TO A RESERVATION,
UNDERSTANDINGS, AND CONDITIONS.
The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States of America on January 12, 1998 (Treaty Document 106-6; in this resolution referred to as the ``Convention''), subject to the reservation in section 2, the understandings in section 3, and the conditions in section 4.
SEC. 2. RESERVATION.
The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the reservation, which shall be included in the United States instrument of ratification of the Convention, that
(a) pursuant to Article 20(2) of the Convention, the United States of America declares that it does not consider itself bound by Article 20(1) of the Convention; and
(b) the United States of America reserves the right specifically to agree in a particular case to follow the procedure in Article 20(1) of the Convention or any other procedure for arbitration.
SEC. 3. UNDERSTANDINGS.
The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following understandings, which shall be included in the United States instrument of ratification of the Convention:
(1) Exclusion from coverage of term ``armed conflict''. The United States of America understands that the term ``armed conflict'' in Article 19(2) of the Convention does not include internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence, and other acts of a similar nature.
(2) Meaning of term ``international humanitarian law''. The United States of America understands that the term
``international humanitarian law'' in Article 19 of the Convention has the same substantive meaning as the law of war.
(3) Exclusion from coverage of activities by military forces. The United States understands that, under Article 19 and Article 1(4), the Convention does not apply to--
(A) the military forces of a state in the exercise of their official duties;
(B) civilians who direct or organize the official activities of military forces of a state; or
(C) civilians acting in support of the official activities of the military forces of a state, if the civilians are under the formal command, control, and responsibility of those forces.
SEC. 4. CONDITIONS.
The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following conditions:
(1) Treaty interpretation. The Senate re-affirms condition
(8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990 (adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996), approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997 (relating to condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988).
(2) Prohibition on extradition to the international criminal court. The United States shall not transfer any person, or consent to the transfer of any person extradited by the United States, to the International Criminal Court established by the Statute adopted in Rome, Italy, on July 17, 1998, unless the Rome Statute has entered into force for the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as required by Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
(3) Supremacy of the constitution. Nothing in the Convention requires or authorizes the enactment of legislation or the taking of any other action by the United States that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States.
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Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent:
(Treaty Doc. 106-49)
Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein),
SECTION 1. ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF
THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM, SUBJECT TO A
RESERVATION, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND CONDITIONS.
The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1999, and signed on behalf of the United States of America on January 10, 2000 (Treaty Document 106-49; in this resolution referred to as the ``Convention''), subject to the reservation in section 2, the understandings in section 3, and the conditions in section 4.
SEC. 2. RESERVATION.
The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the reservation, which shall be included in the United States instrument of ratification of the Convention, that
(a) pursuant to Article 24(2) of the Convention, the United States of America declares that it does not consider itself bound by Article 24(1) of the Convention; and
(b) the United States of America reserves the right specifically to agree in a particular case to follow the arbitration procedure set forth in Article 24(1) of the Convention or any other procedure for arbitration.
SEC. 3. UNDERSTANDINGS.
The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following understandings, which shall be included in the United States instrument of ratification of the Convention:
(1) Exclusion of legitimate activities against lawful targets. The United States of America understands that nothing in the Convention precludes any State Party to the Convention from conducting any legitimate activity against any lawful target in accordance with the law of armed conflict.
(2) Meaning of the term ``armed conflict''. The United States of America understands that the term ``armed conflict'' in Article 2(1)(b) of the Convention does not include internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence, and other acts of a similar nature.
SEC. 4. CONDITIONS.
The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following conditions:
(1) Treaty interpretation. The Senate reaffirms condition
(8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990 (adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996), approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997 (relating to condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF
Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988).
(2) Prohibition on extradition to the international criminal court. The United States shall not transfer any person, or consent to the transfer of any person extradited by the United States, to the International Criminal Court established by the Statute adopted in Rome, Italy, on July 17, 1998 unless the Rome Statute has entered into force for the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as required by Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
(3) Supremacy of the constitution. Nothing in the Convention requires or authorizes the enactment of legislation or the taking of any other action by the United States that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States.
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