Legislation on Foreign Relations, 1974, : With Explanatory Notes

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Also includes texts of bilateral inter-American fishing agreements with Colombia and Mexico and the U.S., and texts of: Compilation, prepared with AID and CRS assistance, and also for the use of th...

Also includes texts of bilateral inter-American fishing agreements with Colombia and Mexico and the U.S., and texts of:

Compilation, prepared with AID and CRS assistance, and also for the use of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, of public laws, executive orders and other Presidential documents, international treaties and agreements, and other materials related to foreign relations. Updates 1973 compilation.

Contains texts of laws as amended to Jan. 1, 1974, 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. 1-247), including administration and related functions, appropriating and authorizing acts, and texts with amendments of:

II. Agricultural Commodities (p. 249-290), including Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 with index (p. 251-280), and material related to Food for Peace Programs (p. 286-290).

III. Peace Corps (p. 293-321), including the Peace Corps Act (p. 293-313) and reorganization in ACTION (p. 316-321).

IV. Department of State (p. 323-538), including organization, administration, functions, passport laws and regulations, and texts, with amendments, of:

IX. War Powers (p. 1111-1119), containing texts of War Powers Resolution, passed over Presidential veto, Nov. 7, 1973, and Presidential national emergency proclamation of Dec. 16, 1950.

V. Information and Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs (p. 539-637), including USIA organization and functions, Foreign Service personnel systems, cultural and educational exchange authorities, and texts, with amendments, of:

VI. UN and Other International Organizations (p. 639-737), including UN Charter, as amended (p. 641-665), statutes and conventions relating to the International Court of Justice, UN privileges and immunities, loan and appropriations authorizations and limitations, resolutions and other documents regarding trade and other transactions with Southern Rhodesia, and texts, with amendments, of:

VII. Financial Institutions (p. 739-1002), including texts of agreement decisions and other materials related to International Monetary Fund, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank, International Development Association, Asian Development Bank, and texts, with amendments, of:

VIII. Collective Security Treaties and Related Material (p. 1003-1109), including Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (p. 1005-1010), texts of charter and protocol for OAS and of Act of Bogota (p. 1011-1049) and of Alliance for Progress (p. 1050-1063), texts of NATO Treaty (p. 1066-1069), Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty and protocol (p. 1078-1081), mutual defense treaties between the U.S. and the Philippines, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Japan, and resolutions dealing with Berlin, Taiwan, Indochina, Cuba, the Middle East, and Spain.

X. Arms Control and Disarmament (p. 1121-1197), including text of Arms Control and Disarmament Act (p. 1123-1135), and texts of treaties and agreements dealing with banning, limiting, and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.

XI. Space (p. 1199-1235), including texts of Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (p. 1201-1211), Treaty on Outer Space (p. 1218-1223), Astronaut Assistance and Return Agreement (p. 1224-1227), and Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (p. 1228-1235).

XII. Law of the Seas and Selected Fisheries Conventions and Acts (p. 1237-1494), including texts of international conventions and protocols relating to conservation of ocean fish, fisheries, seals, whales, shrimp, sockeye salmon, and texts of:

XIII. Foreign Economic Policy: Tariff and Trade Laws (p. 1495-1650), including texts of:

XIV. Other Legislation and Documents (p. 1651-1730), including provisions of law relating to 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, and texts of:

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