treaties: 104-28

Treaties submitted to the Senate (Congresses 89–119), with countries, index terms, and resolution text.

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104-28 104 28 PROTOCOL AMENDING THE 1916 CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS Fisheries and Wildlife 1996-08-02T00:00:00Z   Canada 104-28, 1916 CONVENTION, CANADA, MIGRATORY BIRDS, TD104-28 <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[105] TreatyRes. 23 for Treaty Doc.104 - 28" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[105] TreatyRes. 23 for Treaty Doc.104 - 28</title></head><body><p><b>TEXT OF RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND APPROVED BY THE SENATE:</b></p><p><b>Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Protocol Between the United States and Canada Amending the 1916 Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and the United States, with Related Exchange of Notes, signed at Washington on December 14, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-28), subject to the understanding of subsection (a), the declaration of subsection (b), and the proviso of subsection (c).</b></p><p><b> (A) UNDERSTANDING.-- The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following understanding, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification, and shall be binding on the President:</b></p><p><b> (1) INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS.-- The United States understands that the term "indigenous inhabitants" as used in Article II(4)(b) means a permanent resident of a village within a subsistence harvest area, regardless of race. In its implementation of Article II(4)(b), the United States also understands that where it is appropriate to recognize a need to assist indigenous inhabitants in meeting nutritional and other essential needs, or for the teaching of cultural knowledge to or by their family members, there may be cases where, with the permission of the village council and the appropriate permits, immediate family members of indigenous inhabitants may be invited to participate in the customary spring and summer subsistence harvest.</b></p><p><b> (b) DECLARATION.-- The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following declaration, which shall be binding on the President:</b></p><p><b> (1) TREATY INTERPRETATION.-- The Senate affirms the applicability to alltreaties of the constitutionally based principles of treaty interpretation set forth in Condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988, and Condition (8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997.</b></p><p><b> (c) PROVISO.-- The resolution of ratification is subject to the following proviso, which shall be binding on the President:</b></p><p><b> (1) SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION.--Nothing in the Treaty requires or authorizes legislation or other action by the United States of America that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States.</b></p><p></p></body></html>

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