[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 8 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S154]
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                     EXECUTIVE REPORT OF COMMITTEE

  The following executive report of committee was submitted:
       By Mr. KERRY, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:

[Treaty Doc. 110-2  Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child 
    Support and Family Maintenance with two reservations and three 
                    declarations (Ex. Rept. 111-2)]

 Text of the Committee-Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent to 
                             Ratification:

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent subject to two 
     reservations and three declarations.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child 
     Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the 
     ``Convention''), adopted at The Hague on November 23, 2007 
     (Treaty Doc. 110-21), subject to the reservations of section 
     2, the declaration of section 3, and the declarations of 
     section 4.
       Section 2. Reservations.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following reservations, which shall be 
     included in the instrument of ratification:
       (1) In accordance with Articles 20 and 62 of the 
     Convention, the United States of America makes a reservation 
     that it will not recognize or enforce maintenance obligation 
     decisions rendered on the jurisdictional bases set forth in 
     subparagraphs 1(c), 1(e), and 1(f) of Article 20 of the 
     Convention.
       (2) In accordance with Articles 44 and 62 of the 
     Convention, the United States of America makes a reservation 
     that it objects to the use of the French language in 
     communications between the Central Authority of any other 
     Contracting State and the Central Authority of the United 
     States of America.
       Section 3. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration, which shall be included 
     in the instrument of ratification:
       The United States of America declares, in accordance with 
     Articles 61 and 63 of the Convention, that for the United 
     States of America the Convention shall extend only to the 
     following: all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, 
     Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
       Section 4. Declarations.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declarations:
       (1) Article 55 of the Convention sets forth a special 
     procedure for the amendment of the forms annexed to the 
     Convention. In the event that the United States of America 
     does not want a particular amendment to the forms adopted in 
     accordance with Article 55 to enter into force for the United 
     States of America on the first day of the seventh calendar 
     month after the date of its communication by the depositary 
     to all parties, the Executive Branch may by notification in 
     writing to the depositary make a reservation, in accordance 
     with Article 62 of the Convention, with respect to that 
     amendment and without the approval of the Senate.
       (2) This Convention is not self-executing.

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