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“REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S54-S55 on Jan. 8, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY
Mr. REID. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted to the Senate on January 8, 2001, by the President of the United States: Protocol to Amend the 1949 Convention on the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (Treaty Document 107-2).
I further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the first time; that it be referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and that the President's message be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The message of the President is as follows:
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol to Amend the 1949 Convention on the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, done at Guayaquil, June 11, 1999, and signed by the United States, subject to ratification, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on the same date. In addition, I transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to the Protocol. The Protocol will not require implementing legislation.
The Protocol amends the Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Commission, done at Washington May 31, 1949, and entered into force March 3, 1950 (the ``Convention''), to allow the European Union to become a member of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) created under the Convention. Presently, the Convention is only open to governments of states. The Protocol will, upon entry into force, allow regional economic integration organizations like the European Union to become a party to the Convention and a full member of the IATTC provided all parties to the Convention give their consent to such adherence. The Protocol also provides that the Member States of any regional economic integration organization that is allowed to adhere to the Protocol are barred from joining or continuing as a party to the Convention except with respect to the Member States' territories that are outside the territorial scope of the treaty establishing the regional economic integration organization.
Allowing the European Union to accede to the Convention is important to the United States because it would mean that the vessels operating under the jurisdiction of the European Union and its Member States would be bound by the conservation and management measures adopted by the IATTC for the fishery resources of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.
William J. Clinton.
The White House, January 8, 2001.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that two notices of hearings be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
Notice of Hearings
committee on energy and natural resources
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The hearing will take place on Thursday, January 18, 2000, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, and will continue, if necessary, on Friday, January 19, 2000, at 9 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to consider the intent to nominate Gale A. Norton to be the Secretary of the Interior.
Those wishing to submit written statements on the nomination should address them to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
For further information, please contact Vicki Thorne at (202) 224-
4103.
committee on energy and natural resources
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The hearing will take place on Thursday, January 18, 2000, at 9 a.m., in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to consider the intent to nominate Spencer Abraham to be the Secretary of Energy.
Those wishing to submit written statements on the nomination should address them to the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
For further information, please contact Vicki Thorne at (202) 224-
4103.
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