[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6611-S6612]
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                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. HELMS, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Treaty Doc. 103-35 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Jamaica (Exec. Rept. 104-11).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the United States of 
     America and Jamaica Concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement 
     and Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed 
     at Washington on February 4, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-35).
       Treaty Doc. 103-36 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Belarus (Exec. Rept. 104-12).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the United States of 
     America and the Republic of Belarus Concerning the 
     Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with 
     Annex, Protocol, and Related Exchange of Letters, signed at 
     Minsk on January 15, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-36). The Senate's 
     advice and consent is subject to the following declaration, 
     which the President, using existing authority, shall 
     communicate to the Republic of Belarus, in connection with 
     the exchange of the instruments of ratification of the 
     Treaty:
       (1) It is the Sense of the Senate that the United States:
       (a) supports the Belarusian Parliament and its essential 
     role in the ratification process of this Treaty;
       (b) recognizes the progress made by the Belarusian 
     Parliament toward democracy during the past year;
       (c) fully expects that the Republic of Belarus will remain 
     an independent state committed to democratic and economic 
     reform; and
       (d) believes that, in the event that the Republic of 
     Belarus should unite with any other state, the rights and 
     obligations established under this agreement will remain 
     binding on that part of the Successor State that formed the 
     Republic of Belarus prior to the union.
       Treaty Doc. 103-37 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Ukraine (Exec. Rept. 104-13).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the United States of 
     America and Ukraine Concerning the Encouragement and 
     Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Related 
     Exchange of Letters, done at Washington on March 4, 1994 
     (Treaty Doc. 103-37).
       Treaty Doc. 103-38 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Estonia (Exec. Rept. 104-14).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Estonia Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
     Protection of Investment, with Annex, done at Washington on 
     April 19, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-38).
       Treaty Doc. 104-10 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Mongolia (Exec. Rept. 104-15).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the United States of 
     America and Mongolia Concerning the Encouragement and 
     Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, 
     signed at Washington on October 6, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-10).
       Treaty Doc. 104-12 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Latvia (Exec. Rept. 104-16).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Latvia Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
     Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at 
     Washington on January 13, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-12).
       Treaty Doc. 104-13 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Georgia (Exec. Rept. 104-17).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Georgia Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
     Protection of Investment, with Annex, signed at Washington on 
     March 7, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-13).
       Treaty Doc. 104-14 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Trinidad and Tobago (Exec. Rept. 104-18).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Trinidad and Tobago Concerning the Encouragement and 
     Reciprocal

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     Protection of Investment, with Annex, with Protocol, signed 
     at Washington on September 26, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-14).
       Treaty Doc. 104-19 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the 
     United States and Albania (Exec. Rept. 104-19).

   Text of the Committee Recommended Resolution of Advice and Consent

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of The Treaty Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Albania Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
     Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at 
     Washington on January 11, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-19).

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