About treaties
Recent or pending treaties (Unofficial treaties)
Locating a recent treaty text and determining its status can be tricky.
There is no official publications of U.S. treaties before TIAS.
Treaty status is hard to determine due to the fact that there are often three different dates: signed, ratified and entered into force. Check Treaty Actions for treaty status and actions.
To further complicate the situation, unlike bills, treaties do not die at the end of a Congress. They can be stagnated for years, even decades awaiting for senate action. Check Treaties pending in the Senate for list of treaties awaiting Senate action.
KAV Agreement
- University of Toronto only
- KAV 0001 - 9315 (1987 - 2010)
International legal materials (HeinOnline)
- University of Toronto only
- 1962+
- bi-monthly publication
- texts of current international agreements and treaties long before they are published in TIAS.
- print version in Robarts Library
Treaty Documents (Congress.gov)
- Full text from 1995+
- Treaty text accompanying with messages from the President and the Secretary of State are included.
- Check Congressional Serial Set for earlier holdings of the Senate Treaty Documents
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (TIAS)
TIAS (HeinOnline)
- University of Toronto only
- TIAS 11060 - 06-1221 (1982 - 2004)
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST)
Treaty in force (TIF)
TIF lists all treaties and other international agreements still in force on January 1 of each year.
Arranged in two parts, the first lists bilateral treaties by country and then by subject. The second part lists multilateral treaties by subject and then by parties.
TIF provides cites to the full treaty text in UST, TIAS, Statutes at Large and Bevans.
Treaties in Force (HeinOnline)
- 1929, 1932, 1941, 1955 - 2010
Indexes & finding aids
HeinOnline Treaties and Agreements Library
- full text treaties
- searchable by treaty numbers, countries, short titles, dates, subjects and etc.
Treaties Search (congress.gov)
- Treaty status: 94th Congress +
- Treaty text: 104th Congress +
Current treaty index
- JX231 .K382
- no. 18 (1996) - 2015
- Cumulative index to the United States slip treaties and agreements and; Treaties and agreements not published in TIAS, but publicized by the Department of State or other sources
- semi-annual supplement to United States Treaty Index: 1776 to 1990 Consolidation
Kavass' Current Treaty Index (HeinOnline)
- 1982+
- cumulative index to the U.S. slip treaties and agreements
United States treaty index: 1776-1990 consolidation (1998 revision)
- v. 1. Master guide, numerical. TS 1 to TS 994, EAS 1 to EAS 506, AD 1 to AD 677
- v. 2. Master guide, numerical. TIAS 1501 to TIAS 4721
- v. 3. Master guide, numerical. TIAS 4722 to TIAS 7987 -- Suppl. [1]. Consolidation 2000.
United States treaty index : 1776-2000 consolidation (2004 revision)
- V. 4. Master guide, numerical, TIAS 7988 to TIAS 12700
- v. 5. Master guide, numerical, KAV1 to KAV 5800.
United States treaty index : 1776-2000 consolidation (2003 revision)
- v. 6. Chronological index, 1776 to 1972
- v. 7. Chronological index, 1973 to 2001
United States treaty index : 1776-2000 consolidation (2001 revision)
- vols. 8 & 9, Country index
- vols. 10 & 11, Subject index
- vols. 12 & 13, Geographical subject index
Treaty Actions (Department of State)
- 1997+
- lists treaty title and dates entered into force, signed or ratified
Treaties pending in the Senate (Department of State)
- lists treaties that have not received Senate consent to ratification
- includes Senate Treaty Document number and date of submission to Senate
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- The Monthly Catalog indexes the Senate Treaty Documents and the TIAS.
CIS index to publications of the United States Congress
- Z1223 .A2 C14
- 1970 - 1972
- indexes Senate Treaty Documents and Senate Executive Reports
Early U.S. treaties
Treaties and other international agreements - United States of America 1776-1949
- Vols. 1-4: multilateral treaties arranged chronologically
- Vols. 5-12: bilateral treaties arranged by country
- Vol. 13: index
- online version (Hein Online): University of Toronto only