[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 106-9

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask 
unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the 
following convention transmitted to the Senate on September 13, 1999, 
by the President of the United States: Tax Convention with Slovenia, 
Treaty Document No. 106-9.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the convention 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:
  I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification the 
Convention Between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Slovenia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at 
Ljubljana on June 21, 1999. Also transmitted is the report of the 
Department of State concerning the Convention.
  This Convention, which is similar to tax treaties between the United 
States and OECD nations, provides maximum rates of tax to be applied to 
various types of income and protection from double taxation of income. 
This Convention also provides for resolution of disputes and sets forth 
rules making its benefits unavailable to residents who are engaged in 
treaty-shopping or with respect to certain abusive transactions.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
this Convention and that the Senate give its advice and consent to 
ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 13, 1999.

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