[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 192 (Friday, December 14, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S15706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                TREATIES

[Tax Convention with Belgium (Treaty Doc. 110-3); Protocol Amending Tax 
             Convention with Germany (Treaty Doc. 109-20)]

       The resolutions of ratification are as follows:
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Convention between the Government of the United States of 
     America and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium for the 
     Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
     Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, and accompanying 
     Protocol, signed at Brussels on November 27, 2006 (Treaty 
     Doc. 110-3).
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of 
     America and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Avoidance 
     of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
     Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other 
     Taxes, signed at Berlin on June 1, 2006 and an Exchange of 
     Notes dated August 17, 2006 (EC-2046) (Treaty Doc. 109-20).

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division vote has been requested. The 
question is on the resolutions of ratification. Senators in favor of 
the ratification of the treaty and protocol, please rise.
  Those opposed will rise and stand until counted.
  In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of the Senators present 
having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of ratification are 
agreed to.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table and that the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's action.

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