[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S10303]
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                 EXECUTIVE REPORT OF COMMITTEE--TREATY

  The following executive report of committee was submitted on December 
15, 2010:

       By Mr. KERRY, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:

  [Treaty Doc. 110-19  Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and 
 Agriculture with one understanding and one declaration (Ex. Rept. 111-
                                  7)]

       The text of the committee-recommended resolution of advice 
     and consent to ratification is as follows:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to an 
     Understanding.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and 
     Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization 
     of the United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the 
     United States of America on November 1, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 
     110-19), subject to the understanding of section 2 and the 
     declaration of section 3.
       Section 2. Understanding.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following understanding, which shall be 
     included in the United States instrument of ratification:
       The United States of America understands that Article 12.3d 
     shall not be construed in a manner that diminishes the 
     availability or exercise of intellectual property rights 
     under national laws.
       Section 3. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration:
       This treaty is not self-executing.

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