[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 26 (Monday, July 3, 2000)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Sri Lanka-United States 
Extradition Treaty With Documentation

June 27, 2000

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 Extradition Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, signed at Washington 
September 30, 1999.
    In addition, I transmit, for the information of the Senate, the 
report of the Department of State with respect to the Treaty. As the 
report states, the Treaty will not require implementing legislation. The 
provisions in this Treaty follow generally the form and content of 
extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States.
    Upon entry into force, this Treaty would enhance cooperation between 
the law enforcement authorities of both countries, and thereby make a 
significant contribution to international law enforcement efforts. The 
Treaty would supersede the 1931 United States-United Kingdom extradition 
treaty currently applicable to the United States and Sri Lanka.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to the Treaty and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                            William J. Clinton
 The White House,
 June 27, 2000.