[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 106-34

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. 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 June 27, 2000, by the 
President of the United States: Extradition Treaty with Sri Lanka 
(Treaty Document No. 106-34).
  Further, I ask unanimous consent the treaty be considered as having 
been read for 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 Extradition Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, signed at Washington 
September 30, 1999.
  In addition, I transmit, for the information of the Senate, the 
report of the Department of State with respect to the Treaty. As the 
report states, the Treaty will not require implementing legislation.
  The provisions in this Treaty follow generally the form and content 
of extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States.
  Upon entry into force, this Treaty would enhance cooperation between 
the law enforcement authorities of both countries, and thereby make a 
significant contribution to international law enforcement efforts. The 
Treaty would supersede the 1931 United States-United Kingdom 
extradition treaty currently applicable to the United States and Sri 
Lanka.
  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, June 27, 2000.

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