Whereas clause 2 of section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States empowers the President by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ; Whereas without appropriate and meaningful consultation with the Senate— (1) the requirement for Senate advice and consent to treaties remains unfulfilled; and (2) in some cases, executive agreements, political agreements, and other arrangements have been improperly used by the executive branch to circumvent the appropriate review of significant agreements by Congress; Whereas, as an appropriate exercise of the advice and consent power entrusted to the Senate, the Senate may refuse to consider legislative measures intended to authorize or appropriate funds to implement international agreements which, in the opinion of the Senate, constitute treaties under the Constitution of the United States to which the Senate has not given its advice and consent to ratification; Whereas clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution of the United States, grants plenary power to the Senate to determine the Rules of its Proceedings ; Whereas an international agreement should take the form of a treaty requiring Senate advice and consent and should be transmitted by the President to the Senate for the Senate’s consideration and approval if— (1) the agreement involves commitments or risks affecting the Nation as a whole; (2) the agreement is intended to affect State laws; (3) the agreement will not take effect until after subsequent legislation is enacted by Congress; (4) similar agreements were subjected to the advice and consent of the Senate; (5) similar agreements are typically subject to the approval of national legislatures in other countries; (6) Congress has expressed a preference regarding its involvement in such type of agreement; (7) the agreement involves a high degree of formality