treaties: 106-23
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| id | congress | number | title | topic | transmitted_date | in_force_date | countries | index_terms | resolution_text |
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| 106-23 | 106 | 23 | International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) | Agriculture | 2000-03-23T00:00:00Z | 106-23, FAO, Food and Agricultural Organization, IPPC, plant, plant protection, t.doc. 106-23 | <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[106] TreatyRes. 34 for Treaty Doc.106 - 23" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[106] TreatyRes. 34 for Treaty Doc.106 - 23</title></head><body><p><b>As approved by the Committee on Foreign Relations:</b></p><p></p><p><b> Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Adopted at the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at Rome on November 17, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 106-23), referred to in this resolution of ratification as "the amended Convention," subject to the understandings of subsection (a), the declaration of subsection (b) and the provisos of subsection (c).</b></p><p><b> (a) Understandings.--The advice and consent of the Senate is subject to the following understandings, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification of the amended Convention and shall be binding on the President:</b></p><p><b> (1) Relationship to other international agreements. -- The United States understands that nothing in the amended Convention is to be interpreted in a manner inconsistent with, or alters the terms or effect of, the World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary or Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) or other relevant international agreements.</b></p><p><b> (2) Authority to take measures against pests.-- The United States understands that nothing in the amended Convention limits the authority of the United States, consistent with the SPS Agreement, to take sanitary or phytosanitary measures against any pest to protect the environment or human, animal, or plant life or health.</b></p><p><b> (3) Article XX ("Technical assistance").-- The United States understands that the provisions of Article XX entail no binding obligation to appropriate funds for technical assistance.</b></p><p><b> (b) Declaration.- The advice and consent of the Senate is subject to the following declaration:</b></p><p><b> TREATY INTERPRETATION.- The Senate affirms the applicability to all treaties 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 State Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997.</b></p><p><b> (c) Provisos.-- The advice and consent of the Senate is subject to the following provisos:</b></p><p><b> (1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.- One year after the date the amended Convention enters into force for the United States, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide a report on Convention implementation to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate setting forth at least the following:</b></p><p><b> (A) a discussion of the sanitary or phytosanitary standard-setting activities of the IPPC during the previous year; </b></p><p><b> (B) a discussion of the sanitary or phytosanitary standards under consideration or planned for consideration by the IPPC in the coming year;</b></p><p><b> (C) information about the budget of the IPPC in the previous fiscal year; and </b></p><p><b> (D) a list of countries which have ratified or accepted the amended Convention, including dates and related particulars.</b></p><p><b> (2) Supremacy of the Constitution.__Nothing in the amended Convention 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><p></p></body></html> |
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