Legislation on Foreign Relations : with Explanatory Notes.
Compilation, prepared with CRS assistance, and also for the use of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, of public laws, executive orders and other Presidential documents, international treaties and agreements, and other materials related to foreign relations. Updates 1972 compilation.
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1973.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Compilation, prepared with CRS assistance, and also for the use of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, of public laws, executive orders and other Presidential documents, international treaties and agreements, and other materials related to foreign relations. Updates 1972 compilation. Contains texts of laws as amended to date, annotated to show pertinent history or cross references, and texts or excerpts of relevant legislation, arranged in the following sections: I. Foreign Assistance (p. 1-223), including administration and related functions, appropriating and authorizing acts, and texts with amendments of: II. Peace Corps (p. 225-255), including the Peace Corps Act (p. 227-247) and reorganization in ACTION. III. Agricultural Commodities (p. 257-297), including Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 with index (p. 259-291), and material related to Food for Peace Programs (p. 292-297). IV. Department of State (p. 299-505), including organization, administration, functions, passport laws and regulations, and texts, with amendments, of: V. Information and Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs (p. 507-597), including USIA organization and functions, Foreign Service personnel systems, cultural and educational exchange authorities, and texts, with amendments, of: VI. Arms Control and Disarmament (p. 599-666), including Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and texts of treaties dealing with banning or nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. VII. UN and Other International Organizations (p. 667-762), including UN Charter (p. 669-693), statutes and conventions related to the International Court of Justice, UN privileges and limitations, appropriations limitations, loan and grant authorizations, resolutions and other documents regarding trade and other transactions with Southern Rhodesia, and texts of: VIII. Collective Security Treaties and Related Material (p. 763-845), including Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (p. 764), texts of charters and protocol for OAS, and Alliance for Progress (p. 764-821), text of NATO Treaty (p. 824-827), Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (p. 830-833), and resolutions dealing with Berlin, Taiwan, Indochina, Cuba, the Middle East, and Spain. IX. Financial Institutions (p. 847-1101), including texts of agreement decisions and other materials related to International Monetary Fund, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank, International Development Association, Asian Development Bank, and texts, with amendments, of: X. Space (p. 1103-1113) containing Treaty on Outer Space and Astronaut Assistance and Return Agreement. XI. Foreign Economic Policy: Tariff and Trade Laws (p. 1115-1258), including countervailing duties under the Tariff Act and texts of: XII. Law of the Seas and Selected Fisheries Conventions and Acts (p. 1259-1438), including texts of international conventions and protocols relating to conservation of ocean fish, fisheries, seals, tuna, whales, and sockeye salmon, and texts of: XIII. Other Legislation and Documents (p. 1439-1531), including regulations for travel outside the U.S., authorization for U.S. participation in Interparliamentary Union, Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, and the U.S. Group of the North Atlantic Assembly, laws relating to loan or sale of vessels to foreign countries, and texts of: |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |