S.Amdt. 4895Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)

To provide an understanding that provisions adopted in the Bilateral Consultative Commission that affect substantive rights or obligations under the Treaty are those that create new rights or obligations for the United States and must therefore be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Submitted December 20, 2010

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4895 proposed by Senator Wicker.

December 21, 2010

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4895 proposed by Senator Wicker.

December 21, 2010

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 4895 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 59. Record Vote Number: 295.

December 21, 2010

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 4895 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 59. Record Vote Number: 295.

December 21, 2010

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Amendment SA 4895 proposed by Senator Wicker. To provide an understanding that provisions adopted in the Bilateral Consultative Commission that affect substantive rights or obligations under the Treaty are those that create new rights or obligations for the United States and must therefore be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.

December 21, 2010

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Amendment SA 4895 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 59. Record Vote Number: 295.

December 21, 2010

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Senate amendment submitted

December 20, 2010

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SA 4895. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Kyl) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to Treaty Doc. 111-5, Treaty between the
United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the
Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in
Prague on April 8, 2010, with Protocol; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of subsection (b), of the Resolution of
Ratification add the following:
(4) Bilateral consultative commission.--It is the
understanding of the United States that provisions adopted in
the Bilateral Consultative Commission that affect substantive
rights or obligations under the Treaty are those that create
new rights or obligations for the United States and must
therefore be submitted to the Senate for its advice and
consent.
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