[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 15003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 113-6

  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, signed September 17, 2014, by the 
President of the United States: Extradition Treaty with the Republic of 
Chile (Treaty Document No. 113-6).
  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:
  I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, the Extradition Treaty between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile 
(the ``Treaty''), signed at Washington on June 5, 2013. I also 
transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the 
Department of State with respect to the Treaty.
  The Treaty would replace the outdated extradition treaty between the 
United States and Chile, signed at Santiago on April 17, 1900 (the 
``1900 Treaty''). The Treaty follows generally the form and content of 
other extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States. It 
would replace an outmoded list of extraditable offenses with a modern 
``dual criminality'' approach, which would enable extradition for such 
offenses as money laundering and other newer offenses not appearing on 
the list from the 1900 Treaty. The Treaty also contains a modernized 
``political offense'' clause and provides that extradition shall not be 
refused based on the nationality of the person sought. Finally, the 
Treaty incorporates a series of procedural improvements to streamline 
and speed the extradition process.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the Treaty and give its advice and consent to its ratification.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, September 17, 2014.

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