[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 28 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Second Protocol Amending the 
Canada-United States Extradition Treaty

July 11, 2002

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 Second Protocol Amending the 
Treaty on Extradition Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of Canada, as amended, signed at Ottawa on 
January 12, 2001. In addition, I transmit, for the information of the 
Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to the Second 
Protocol. As the report explains, the Second Protocol will not require 
implementing legislation.
    The Second Protocol amends the Extradition Treaty Between the United 
States of America and Canada, signed at Washington on December 3, 1971, 
as amended by an Exchange of Notes of June 28 and July 9, 1974, and by a 
Protocol signed at Ottawa on January 11, 1988.
    The Second Protocol, upon entry into force, will enhance cooperation 
between the law enforcement communities of both nations. The Second 
Protocol incorporates into the U.S.-Canada Extradition Treaty a 
provision on temporary surrender of persons that is a standard provision 
in more recent U.S. bilateral extradition treaties. It also provides for 
new authentication requirements for documentary evidence, which should 
streamline the processing of extradition requests.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to the Second Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 July 11, 2002.