Sec. 711. Modification to transparency on international agreements and non-binding instruments
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Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, as most recently amended by section 5947 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ; 136 Stat. 3476), is further amended— by redesignating subsections
(h)through
(l)as subsections
(i)through (m), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(g)the following: If the Secretary is aware or has reason to believe that the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or
(c)have not been fulfilled with respect to an international agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument, the Secretary shall— immediately bring the matter to the attention of the office or agency responsible for the agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument; and request the office or agency to provide within 7 days the text or other information necessary to fulfill the requirements of the relevant subsection. Upon receiving the text or other information requested pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— fulfill the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be, with respect to the agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument concerned— by including such text or other information in the next submission required by subsection (a)(1); by providing such information in writing to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate congressional committees before provision of the submission described in clause (i); or in relation to subsection (b), by making the text of the agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument and the information described in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B)(iii) of subsection (a)(1) relating to the agreement or instrument available to the public on the website of the Department of State within 15 days of receiving the text or other information requested pursuant to paragraph (1); and provide to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate congressional committees, either in the next submission required by subsection (a)(1) or before such submission, a written statement explaining the reason for the delay in fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be. .
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Sec. 711
Modification to transparency on international agreements and non-binding instruments
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