[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 109 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9578-S9579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--EXCHANGE OF NOTES RELATING TO THE TAX 
          CONVENTION WITH UKRAINE (TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-11)

  Mr. DOLE. As in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the 
injunction of secrecy be removed from the Exchange of Notes Relating to 
the Tax Convention of the Ukraine (Treaty Document No. 104-11), 
transmitted to 

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the Senate by the President on June 28, 1995; and that the treaty be 
considered as having been read the first time; referred, with 
accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered 
to be printed; and ordered that the President's message be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The message of the President is as follows:

To the Senate of the United States:
  I transmit herewith an exchange of notes dated at Washington May 26 
and June 6, 1995, for Senate advice and consent to ratification in 
connection with the Senate's consideration of the Convention Between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
Ukraine for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, together 
with a related Protocol, signed at Washington on March 4, 1994 (``the 
Taxation Convention''). Also transmitted for the information of the 
Senate is the report of the Department of State with respect to the 
exchange of notes.
  This exchange of notes addresses the interaction between the Taxation 
Convention and other treaties that have tax provisions, including in 
particular the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), annexed 
to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at 
Marrakesh April 15, 1994.
  I recommend that the Senate give favorable consideration to this 
exchange of notes and give its advice and consent to ratification in 
connection with the Taxation Convention.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 28, 1995.
  

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