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


            PROTOCOL AMENDING TAX CONVENTION WITH LUXEMBOURG

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 4, treaty document No. 111-8.
  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. 111-8, Protocol Amending Tax Convention 
     with Luxembourg.

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


                           Amendment No. 916

  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 916 to treaty document No. 111-8.

  The amendment (No. 916) is as follows:

       At the end add the following.

       ``This Treaty shall be effective 1 day after ratification''
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed 
with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays to my amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                 Amendment No. 917 to Amendment No. 916

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 917 to amendment No. 916.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed 
with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 917) is as follows:

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