[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 66 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S5615]
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REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-3 AND TREATY 
                           DOCUMENT NO. 104-4

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
two treaties transmitted to the Senate on April 24, 1995, by the 
President of the United States: Extradition Treaty with Jordan (Treaty 
Document No. 104-3); and Protocol Amending the 1980 Tax Convention with 
Canada (Treaty Document No. 104-4).
  I further ask that the treaties be considered as having been read the 
first time; that they be referred, with accompanying papers, to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and that the 
President's messages be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The messages of the President are as follows:

To the Senate of the United States:
  With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the Extradition Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, signed at Washington on March 28, 1995. 
Also transmitted for the information of the Senate is the report of the 
Department of State with respect to this Treaty.
  The Treaty establishes the conditions and procedures for extradition 
between the United States and Jordan. It also provides a legal basis 
for temporarily surrendering prisoners to stand trial for crimes 
against the laws of the Requesting State.
  The Treaty further represents an important step in combatting 
terrorism by excluding from the scope of the political offense 
exception serious offenses typically committed by terrorists, e.g., 
crimes against a Head of State or first family member of either Party, 
aircraft hijacking, aircraft sabotage, crimes against internationally 
protected persons, including diplomats, hostage-taking, narcotics 
trafficking, and other offenses for which the United States and Jordan 
have an obligation to extradite or submit to prosecution by reason of a 
multilateral international agreement or treaty.
  The provisions in this Treaty follow generally the form and content 
of extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States.
  This Treaty will make a significant contribution to international 
cooperation in law enforcement. I recommend that the Senate give early 
and favorable consideration to the Treaty and give its advice and 
consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, April 24, 1995.
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To the Senate of the United States:
  I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification, a 
revised Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of 
America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital 
Signed at Washington on September 26, 1980, as Amended by the Protocols 
Signed on June 14, 1983, and March 28, 1984. This revised Protocol was 
signed at Washington on March 17, 1995. Also transmitted for the 
information of the Senate is the report of the Department of State with 
respect to the revised Protocol. The principal provisions of the 
Protocol, as well as the reasons for the technical amendments made in 
the revised Protocol, are explained in that document.
  It is my desire that the revised Protocol transmitted herewith be 
considered in place of the Protocol to the Income Tax Convention with 
Canada signed at Washington on August 31, 1994, which was transmitted 
to the Senate with my message dated September 14, 1994, and which is 
now pending in the Committee on Foreign Relations. I desire, therefore, 
to withdraw from the Senate the Protocol signed in August 1994.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the revised Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, April 24, 1995.
  

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