PUBLIC LAW 95-426—OCT. 7, 1978
92 STAT. 993
ing in lieu thereof "Unless otherwise ordered by the President, it shall be unlawful". (b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(b) Except as otherwise provided by the President and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President may authorize and prescribe, it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States unless he bears a valid passport.". (c) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking out "proclamation," both places it appears. (d) Such section is further amended by striking out subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e),and (f),respectively. (e) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: "TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION or ALIENS AND CITIZENS".
(f) The item relating to section 215 in the table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows:
8 USC 1185.
"Sec. 215. Travel documentation of aliens and citizens.". REPORTING AND COORDINATION O r INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS
SEC. 708. Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(including the text of any oral international agreement, which agreement shall be reduced to writing)" immediately after "international agreement" in the first sentence; (2) by inserting " (a) " immediately before the first sentence; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(b) Not later than March 1, 1979, and at yearly intervals thereafter, the President shall, under his own signature, transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report with respect to each international agreement which, during the preceding year, was transmitted to the Congress after the expiration of the 60-day period referred to in the first sentence of subsection (a), describing fully and completely the reasons for the late transmittal. "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an international agreement may not be signed or otherwise concluded on behalf of the United States without prior consultation with the Secretary of State. Such consultation may encompass a class of agreements rather than a particular agreement. "(d) The Secretary of State shall determine for and within the executive branch whether an arrangement constitutes an international agreement within the meaning of this section. "(e) The President shall, through the Secretary of State, promulgate such rules and I'egulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.".
Presidential report, transmittal to Speaker of the House and Senate committee.
Consultation.
Rules and regulations.
PANAMA CANAL TREATIES
SEC. 709. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used directly or indirectly to effect implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty or the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, each signed on September 7, 1977, unless authorized by the Constitution or by Act of Congress.
22 USC 2151 note.
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