[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
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  REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--EXCHANGE OF NOTES RELATING TO TAX 
        CONVENTION WITH KAZAKHSTAN (TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-15)

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, 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 with Kazakhstan, Treaty Document 
No. 104-15, transmitted to the Senate by the President on August 3, 
1995; 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 July 10, 
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 the Republic of 
Kazakhstan 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 Almaty on October 24, 1993, and 
exchanges of notes (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, August 3, 1995.
  

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