[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[February 19, 1992]
[Page 283]
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Protocol Amending the Australia-
U.S. Extradition Treaty

February 19, 1992
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 Protocol Amending the Treaty on 
Extradition between the United States of America and Australia, signed 
at Seoul on September 4, 1990. I also transmit for the information of 
the Senate the report of the Department of State with respect to the 
Protocol.
    The Protocol supplements and amends the Treaty on Extradition 
between the United States of America and Australia, signed at Washington 
on May 14, 1974. It is designed to update and standardize the conditions 
and procedures for extradition between the United States and Australia. 
Most significant, it removes an outdated list of extraditable offenses 
from the 1974 Treaty and expands upon the dual criminality approach 
contained in that Treaty. The Protocol also provides a legal basis for 
temporarily surrendering prisoners to stand trial for crimes against the 
laws of the requesting State. The provisions in this Protocol follow 
generally the form and content of extradition treaties recently 
concluded by the United States.
    This Protocol will make a significant contribution to international 
cooperation in law enforcement. I recommend that the Senate give early 
and favorable consideration to the Protocol and give its advice and 
consent to ratification.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
February 19, 1992.