Legislation on Foreign Relations : With Explanatory Notes.
Compilation, prepared with AID and CRS assistance, 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 relating to foreign relations. Updates 1974 compilation.
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1975.
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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 AID and CRS assistance, 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 relating to foreign relations. Updates 1974 compilation. Contains texts of laws as amended to Jan. 1, 1975, annotated to show pertinent history or cross references, and texts or excerpts of other relevant documents, arranged in the following sections: I. Foreign Assistance (p. 1-260), including Administration documents, appropriating and authorizing acts, and texts with amendments of: II. Agricultural Commodities (p. 261-293), including texts with amendments and related materials of: III. Peace Corps (p. 295-325), including the Peace Corps Act and index (p. 297-317) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, partial text, establishing ACTION (p. 319). IV. Department of State (p. 327-526), including regulations and other materials defining responsibilities, organization and administration, passport laws and regulations, foreign service, and migration and refugee assistance; and texts, with amendments, of: V. Information and Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs (p. 527-613), including USIA organization and functions, cultural and educational exchange authorities and agreements, and texts, with amendments, of: VI. UN and Other International Organizations (p. 615-709), including statutes and conventions relating to the International Court of Justice, loan and appropriations authorizations and limitations, documents regarding trade and other transactions with Southern Rhodesia, materials relating to UN privileges and immunities, and texts, with amendments, of: VII. Financial Institutions (p. 710-970), including texts of agreements, decisions, and other materials relating to the International Monetary Fund, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corp., Inter-American Development Bank, International Development Association, Asian Development Bank, and texts, with amendments, of: VIII. War Powers, Collective Security Treaties, and Related Material (p. 971-1074), including texts of: War Powers Resolution (p. 973-977); Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (p. 979-984); OAS charter and amending protocol (p. 984-1016); Act of Bogota (p. 1017-1022); Alliance for Progress charter (p. 1022-1035); NATO Treaty (p. 1038-1041); Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty and protocol (p. 1050-1053); mutual defense treaties between the U.S. and Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, China, and Japan; and resolutions dealing with Berlin, Indochina, Taiwan, Middle East, Spain, and Portugal. IX. Energy and Natural Resources (p. 1075-1129), including resolutions and Exec. orders relating to international atomic energy cooperation, energy management and R&D. X. Arms Control and Disarmament (p. 1131-1187), including text, with index, of Arms Control and Disarmament Act (p. 1133-1145), and texts of treaties and agreements pertaining to banning, limiting, and nonproliferation of nuclear and bacteriological weapons. XI. Aviation and Space (p. 1189-1236), including Exec. orders, conventions, and agreements regarding unlawful seizure of aircraft, space communications, and the exploration and use of outer space. XII. Law of the Seas and Selected Maritime Legislation (p. 1237-1341), including the following texts of international conventions and acts relating to law of the seas, oil pollution, fisheries, and endangered species: XIII. Foreign Economic Policy: Tariff and Trade Laws (p. 1342-1559), including texts, together with related materials, of: XIV. Other Legislation and Documents (p. 1561-1637), including provisions of law relating to travel outside the U.S., authorization for U.S. participation in the Interparliamentary Union, Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, and the U.S. Group of the North Atlantic Assembly, and texts of: Addenda (p. 1639-1704) contain recent additional acts, agreements, conventions and protocols, and resolutions pertaining to foreign affairs, including legislation providing assistance to Cambodian and South Vietnamese refugees, and texts of: Includes subject index (p. 1705-1856), also indicating legal citations and the documents to which they refer. |
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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. |