Note 290 — Chapter XXIX · FOREIGN RELATIONS

There are some cases in which the approval of the House of Representatives is also needed before a treaty can go into effect. In the treaty which provided for the purchase of Alaska in 1867 and in the treaty which closed the war with Spain in 1898, provision was made for the payment of money by the United States. Now no money can be appropriated from the treasury without action on the part of the House, and if the House had declined to appropriate the money, the conditions of these treaties could not have been fulfilled. In both cases, however, the House did actually vote the necessary funds.