[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5357]
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      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 105-46

  Mr. DeWINE. 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 May 21, 1998, by the President of 
the United States: Protocol to Extradition Treaty with Mexico (Treaty 
Document No. 105-46).
  I further ask unanimous consent 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 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 Protocol to the Extradition 
Treaty Between the United States of America and the United Mexican 
States of May 4, 1978, signed at Washington on November 13, 1997.
  In addition, I transmit, for the information of the Senate, the 
report of the Department of State with respect to the Protocol. As the 
report explains, the Protocol will not require implementing 
legislation.
  This Protocol will, upon entry into force, enhance cooperation 
between the law enforcement communities of both countries. The Protocol 
incorporates into the 1978 Extradition Treaty with Mexico a provision 
on temporary surrender of persons that is a standard provision in more 
recent U.S. bilateral extradition treaties.
  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, May 21, 1998.

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