This morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the following treaties:
- Agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), together with 22 bilateral instruments that subsequently were signed between the United States and each EU Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU (Treaty Doc. 109-14);
- Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Latvia (Treaty Doc. 109-15);
- Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Estonia (Treaty Doc. 109-16);
- Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Malta (Treaty Doc. 109-17);
- Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Romania (Treaty Doc. 110-11);
- Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (Treaty Doc. 110-12);
- Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Sweden (Treaty Doc. 107-12);
- Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), together with 25 bilateral instruments that subsequently were signed between the United States and each EU Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU (Treaty Doc. 109-13);
- Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the United States of America and Malaysia (Treaty Doc. 109-22);
- Treaty between the United States of America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 110-11); and
- Agreement on Certain Aspects of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (Treaty Doc. 110-12).
Witnesses included Susan Biniaz (Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State) and Bruce Swartz (Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice). Links are to the witnesses' written statements.
