1. Short title This Resolution may be cited as the World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty Implementation Resolution . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Resolution is for the Senate, as the article I branch of the United States Government that is entrusted with the Advice and Consent power under clause 2 of section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States, to establish, through the use of the rulemaking authority of the Senate, a means for determining the form that an international agreement, protocol, legal instrument or agreed outcome with legal force, signed by the President or by his designee, shall take and to which the President intends the United States to become a Party or to otherwise be bound under international law, in whole or in part. 3. Declarations (a) In general Exercising the rulemaking authority of the Senate, the Senate declares, under clause 2 of section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States, that any international convention, agreement, protocol, legal instrument, or agreed outcome with legal force relating to pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response drafted by the intergovernmental negotiating body of the World Health Assembly that— (1) is intended to be adopted pursuant to article 19 or any other provision of the Constitution of the World Health Organization; and (2) establishes significant international commitments by the United States under the authority of World Health Assembly Decision SSA2(5) or any related decision, meets 1 or more of the factors set forth in the last clause of the preamble, indicating that such agreement should take the form of a treaty requiring Senate approval. (b) Limitation of agreement The Senate declares that any agreement described in subsection (a)— (1) involves a significant political and economic commitment of the United States to foreign countries