§3311 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of State must send Congress the full text of any agreement the Institute signs. If the President thinks releasing an agreement right away would harm U.S. national security, the text goes only to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee under a secrecy order that stays in place until the President lifts it. "Agreement" here means deals with Taiwan’s governing authorities or its official bodies, and deals with any U.S. Government agency. Any agreements or transactions by or through the Institute must follow the same congressional notice, review, and approval rules as if the U.S. agency itself made them.

Title 22, §3311

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(a)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.

(b)For purposes of subsection (a), the term “agreement” includes—

(1)any agreement entered into between the Institute and the governing authorities on Taiwan or the instrumentality established by Taiwan; and

(2)any agreement entered into between the Institute and an agency of the United States Government.

(c)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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1983—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–164 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 effective as of January 1, 1979, see section 18 of Pub. L. 96–8, set out as a note under section 3301 of this title.

§3311 Reporting requirements