[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 107-16

  Mr. REID. As in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the 
injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted 
to the Senate on September 5, 2002, by the President of the United 
States:
  Treaty with Liechtenstein on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Document No. 107-16).
  I further ask 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 Treaty Between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Principality of Liechtenstein on 
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Vaduz on July 8, 
2002. I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of 
the Department of State with respect to the Treaty.
  The Treaty is one of a series of modern mutual legal assistance 
treaties being negotiated by the United States in order to counter 
criminal activities more effectively. The Treaty should be an effective 
tool to assist in the prosecution of a wide variety of crimes, 
including terrorism, drug trafficking, and fraud and other white-collar 
offenses. The Treaty is self-executing.
  The Treaty provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal 
matters. Mutual assistance available under the Treaty includes: 
locating or identifying persons or items; serving documents; taking the 
testimony or statements of persons; transferring persons in custody for 
testimony or other purposes; providing documents, records and items; 
executing requests for searches and seizures; assisting in proceedings 
related to immobilization and forfeiture of assets and restitution; 
initiating criminal proceedings in the Requested State; and any other 
form of assistance consistent with the purposes of this Treaty and not 
prohibited by the laws of the State from whom the assistance is 
requested.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the Treaty, and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 5, 2002.

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