Texts of agreements to be transmitted to Congress; secret agreements to be transmitted to Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee
The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Congress the text of any agreement to which the Institute is a party. However, any such agreement the immediate public disclosure of which would, in the opinion of the President, be prejudicial to the national security of the United States shall not be so transmitted to the Congress but shall be transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives under an appropriate injunction of secrecy to be removed only upon due notice from the President.
Agreements
Congressional notification, review, and approval requirements and procedures
Agreements and transactions made or to be made by or through the Institute shall be subject to the same congressional notification, review, and approval requirements and procedures as if such agreements and transactions were made by or through the agency of the United States Government on behalf of which the Institute is acting.
Pub. L. 96–8, § 1293 Stat. 20Pub. L. 98–164, title X, § 1011(a)(3)97 Stat. 1061(, , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 98–1641983—Subsec. (d). struck out subsec. (d) which required the Secretary of State to make semi-annual reports respecting economic relations between the United States and Taiwan.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 18 of Pub. L. 96–8section 3301 of this titleSection effective as of , see , set out as a note under .