[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11997-11998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 111-6

  Mr. REID. 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 29, 2010, by the President of 
the United States: Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Bermuda, Treaty 
Document No. 111-6. 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:

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  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 Government of Bermuda relating to 
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Hamilton on 
January 12, 2009. I also transmit, 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 to more effectively 
counter criminal activities. The Treaty should enhance our ability to 
investigate and prosecute a wide variety of crimes.
  The Treaty provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal 
matters. Under the Treaty, the Parties agree to assist each other by, 
among other things: producing evidence (such as testimony, documents, 
or items) obtained voluntarily or, where necessary, by compulsion; 
arranging for persons, including persons in custody, to travel to the 
other country to provide evidence; serving documents; executing 
searches and seizures; locating and identifying persons or items; and 
freezing and forfeiting assets or property that may be the proceeds or 
instrumentalities of crime.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the Treaty, and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 29, 2010.

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