[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S10987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 108-8

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
protocol transmitted to the Senate on September 2, 2003, by the 
President of the United States: Protocol to Treaty of Friendship, 
Commerce, and Navigation with Denmark, treaty document 108-8.
  I further ask that the protocol 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:
  With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol to the Treaty of 
Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Between the United States and 
Denmark of October 1, 1951, signed at Copenhagen on May 2, 2001. I 
transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of the 
Department of State with respect to this protocol.
  The protocol will establish the legal basis by which the United 
States may issue treaty-investor (E-2) visas to qualified nationals of 
Denmark, by supplementing the U.S.-Denmark friendship, commerce, and 
navigation (FCN) treaty to allow for entry and sojourn of investors, a 
benefit provided in the large majority of U.S. FCN treaties. United 
States investors are already eligible for Danish visas that offer 
comparable benefits to those that would be accorded nationals of 
Denmark under E-2 visa status.
  The United States has long championed the benefits of an open 
investment climate, both at home and abroad. It is the policy of the 
United States to welcome market-driven foreign investment and to permit 
capital to flow freely to seek its highest return. Denmark also 
provides an open investment climate. Visas for investors facilitate 
investment activity, and thus directly support U.S. policy objectives.
  I recommend that the Senate consider this protocol as soon as 
possible, and give its advice and consent to ratification of the 
protocol at an early date.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 2, 2003.

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