This executive resolution returns the Arms Trade Treaty to the President. The President requested such a return after concluding that the United States shall not become a party to the treaty. The United States had previously signed the treaty, but it had not been ratified by the Senate.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR 2793)
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR 2793)
International Affairs
Arms control and nonproliferationCongressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightForeign aid and international reliefInternational law and treatiesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSenate
An executive resolution to return to the President of the United States the Arms Trade Treaty.
USA116th CongressSRES-204| Senate
| Updated: 5/13/2019
This executive resolution returns the Arms Trade Treaty to the President. The President requested such a return after concluding that the United States shall not become a party to the treaty. The United States had previously signed the treaty, but it had not been ratified by the Senate.
Arms control and nonproliferationCongressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightForeign aid and international reliefInternational law and treatiesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSenate