[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 116 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4795-S4796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         PROTOCOL AMENDING TAX CONVENTION WITH SWISS FEDERATION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 2, treaty document No. 112-1.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The treaty will be stated.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Treaty document No. 112-1, Protocol Amending Tax Convention 
     with Swiss Confederation.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed 
with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 912

  Mr. McCONNELL. I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask the clerk 
to report it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 912 to treaty document No. 112-1.

  The amendment (No. 912) is as follows:

       At the end add the following.
       ``This Treaty shall be effective 1 day after ratification''

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.

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  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                 Amendment No. 913 to Amendment No. 912

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 913 to amendment No. 912.

  The amendment (No. 913) is as follows:

       Strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''