Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, National Security Affairs; Foreign Economic Policy, Volume I

International Trade Files, Lot 57 D 284, Box 164, “Magnuson Amendment”

Undated Document Prepared in the Department of State¹

October 12, 1949

Magnuson’s proposed amendment to Section 22

(f) No treaty, trade agreement, or other international obligation shall be hereafter entered into by the United States which does not reserve to the United States the unconditional right to unilaterally impose the fees and quantitative limitations on imports provided for in this section; and no such treaty, trade agreement, or other international obligation now in force shall be renewed, extended, or allowed to extend beyond its permissible termination date without the inclusion of such reservation.

Congressional Record, 81st Cong., 1st sess., vol. 95, no. 183, p. 13903.²

1. Probably drafted on or about October 12, 1949.
2. Handwritten notations indicated that the entry date in the Congressional Record was October 3, 1949 and that the relevant section began with page 13898.