[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                TREATIES

  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following treaties on 
today's Executive Calendar:
  Executive Calendar Nos. 35 through 38.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the treaties be considered as 
having passed through their various parliamentary stages up to and 
including the presentation of the resolutions of ratification; that all 
committee provisos, reservations, understandings, et cetera, be 
considered agreed to; that any statements in regard to these treaties 
be inserted in the Congressional Record as if read; and that the Senate 
take one vote on the resolutions of ratification to be considered as 
separate votes; further, that when the resolutions of ratification are 
voted on the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; the President 
then be notified of the Senate's action; and that, following 
disposition of the treaties, the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The treaties will be considered to have passed through their various 
parliamentary stages up to and including the presentation of 
resolutions of ratification.
  The resolutions of ratification are as follows:


                  Income Tax convention with Kazakstan

    Exchange of Notes Relating to the Tax Convention with Kazakstan

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Convention Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Kazakstan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
     Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income 
     and Capital, Together with the Protocol, signed at Almaty on 
     October 24, 1993, and Two Related Exchanges of Notes, dated 
     August 1 and September 7, 1994, and dated August 15 and 
     September 7, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-33); an Exchange of Notes 
     dated at Washington July 10, 1995, Relating to the Convention 
     Between the Government of the United States of America and 
     the Government of the Republic of Kazakstan 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 
     (Treaty Doc. 104-15); and an Exchange of Notes, dated June 16 
     and 23, 1995 (EC-1431). The Senate's advice and consent is 
     subject to the following proviso, which shall not be included 
     in the instrument of ratification to be signed by the 
     President:
       The United States shall not exchange the instruments of 
     ratification with the Government of the Republic of Kazakstan 
     until such time as the Government of the Republic of 
     Kazakstan has notified the Government of the United States 
     that its laws no longer permit anonymous bank accounts to be 
     established.
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          Taxation Protocol Amending Convention with Indonesia

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Protocol, signed at Jakarta on July 24, 
     1996, Amending the Convention Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Indonesia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
     Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, 
     with a Related Protocol and Exchange of Notes signed at 
     Jakarta on July 11, 1988 (Treaty Doc. 104-32).
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 Protocol Amending Article VII of the 1948 Tax Convention with Respect 
                      to the Netherlands Antilles

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Protocol Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of 
     the Netherlands in Respect of the Netherlands Antilles 
     Amending Article VIII of the 1948 Convention with Respect to 
     Taxes on Income and Certain Other Taxes as Applicable to the 
     Netherlands Antilles, signed at Washington on October 10, 
     1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-23).

  Mr. NICKLES. I ask for a division vote on the resolutions of 
ratification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division has been requested.
  Senators in favor of the resolutions of ratification will please 
stand and be counted. (After a pause.) Those opposed will please stand 
and be counted.
  On a division, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolutions of ratification are agreed to.

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