[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--EXTRADITION TREATY WITH BOLIVIA, 
                       TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-22

  Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask 
unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the 
Extradition Treaty with Bolivia, Treaty Document No. 104-22, 
transmitted to the Senate by the President on October 10, 1995; that 
the treaty be considered as having been read for the first time; 
referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and ordered to be printed; and ordered that the President's 
message be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 Extradition Treaty Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Bolivia, signed at La Paz on June 27, 1995.
  I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of the 
Department of State with respect to the Treaty, and copies of 
diplomatic notes dated June 27, 1995, which were exchanged at the time 
of signing of the Treaty. Those notes set forth the expectations of the 
two Governments regarding the types of assistance each Government would 
provide to the other in extradition proceedings, pursuant to Article 
XVI of the Treaty.
  The Treaty establishes the conditions and procedures for extradition 
between the United States and Bolivia. It also provides a legal basis 
for temporarily surrendering prisoners to stand trial for crimes 
against the laws of the Requesting State.
  The Treaty represents an important step in combatting narcotics 
trafficking and terrorism, by providing for the mandatory extradition 
of nationals of the Requested State in a broad range of serious 
criminal offenses.
  The provisions in this Treaty are substantively similar to those of 
other extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States.
  This Treaty will make a significant contribution to international 
cooperation in law enforcement. I recommend that the Senate give early 
and favorable consideration to the Treaty and give its advice and 
consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, October 10, 1995.

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