[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 114-3

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 October 5, 2015, by the 
President of the United States: Treaty with Algeria on Mutual Legal 
Assistance in Criminal Matters, Treaty Document No. 114-3. 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 Government of the People's 
Democratic Republic of Algeria on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters, signed at Algiers on April 7, 2010. 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 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 
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 the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the 
Treaty, and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, October 5, 2015.

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