[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9862-S9863]
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      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-30

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
treaty transmitted to the Senate on September 3, 1996, by the President 
of the United States:
  Taxation Agreement with Turkey.
  I further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the 
first time; that it be referred, with accompanying papers, to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and 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 for Senate advice and consent to ratification the 
Agreement Between the Government of the

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United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Turkey 
for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, together with a related 
Protocol, signed at Washington March 28, 1996. Also transmitted for the 
information of the Senate is the report of the Department of State with 
respect to the Agreement.
  This Agreement, which is similar to tax treaties between the United 
States and other OECD nations, provides maximum rates of tax to be 
applied to various types of income, protection from double taxation of 
income, exchange of information to prevent fiscal evasion, and standard 
rules to limit the benefits of the Agreement to persons that are not 
engaged in treaty shopping.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
this Agreement and related Protocol and give its advice and consent to 
ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 3, 1996.

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