[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 6, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5338-S5339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE--TREATIES

  The following executive reports of committee were submitted on August

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30, 2011, during the recess of the Senate, under the authority of an 
order of the Senate of August 2, 2011:

       By Mr. KERRY, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:

    [Treaty Doc. 112-1  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Swiss 
Confederation with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 112-1); Treaty Doc. 110-23  
  Investment Treaty with Rwanda (Ex. Rept. 112-2); Treaty Doc. 111-6  
  Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Bermuda with 1 declaration (Ex. 
  Rept. 112-3); Treaty Doc. 111-7  Tax Convention with Hungary with 1 
declaration (Ex. Rept. 112-4); and Treaty Doc. 111-8  Protocol Amending 
  Tax Convention with Luxembourg with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 112-5)]

       The text of the committee-recommended resolutions of advice 
     and consent to ratification are as follows:

   [112-1  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Swiss Confederation]

       As reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent subject to a 
     declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of 
     America and the Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of 
     Double Taxation With Respect to Taxes on Income, Signed at 
     Washington on October 2, 1996, signed on September 23, 2009, 
     at Washington, as corrected by an exchange of notes effected 
     November 16, 2010, together with a related agreement effected 
     by an exchange of notes on September 23, 2009 (the 
     ``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 112-1), subject to the declaration 
     of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Protocol is self-
     executing.

                [110-23  Investment Treaty with Rwanda]

       As reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent subject to a 
     declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America 
     and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the 
     Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed 
     at Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), subject 
     to the declaration of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: Articles 3 through 10 
     and other provisions that qualify or create exceptions to 
     these Articles are self-executing. With the exception of 
     these Articles, the Treaty is not self-executing.

          [111-6  Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Bermuda]

       As reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent subject to a 
     declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Treaty between the Government of the United States of America 
     and the Government of Bermuda Relating to Mutual Legal 
     Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Hamilton on January 
     12, 2009 (the ``Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 111-6), subject to the 
     declaration of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Treaty is self-
     executing.

                  [111-7  Tax Convention with Hungary]

       As reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent subject to a 
     declaration.
       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 Republic of Hungary for the 
     Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
     Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on February 
     4, 2010, at Budapest, and a related agreement effected by an 
     exchange of notes on February 4, 2010 (the ``Convention'') 
     (Treaty Doc. 111-7), subject to the declaration of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Convention is self-
     executing.

       [111-8  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Luxembourg]

       As reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent subject to a 
     declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of 
     the United States of America and the Government of the Grand 
     Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and 
     the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
     Income and Capital, signed on May 20, 2009 at Luxembourg and 
     a related agreement effected by the exchange of notes also 
     signed on May 20, 2009 (the ``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 111-
     8), subject to the declaration of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Protocol is self-
     executing.

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