[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                                TREATIES

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following treaties on 
today's Executive Calendar: Nos. 2, 3, and 4.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the treaties be considered as 
having passed through their various parliamentary stages up to and 
including the presentation of the resolutions of ratification; that any 
statements be inserted in the Record as if read; and that the Senate 
take one vote on the resolutions of ratification to be considered as 
separate votes; further, that when the resolutions of ratification are 
voted upon, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, the 
President be notified of the Senate's action, and that following the 
disposition of the treaties the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
treaties will be considered to have passed through their various 
parliamentary stages up to and including the presentation of the 
resolutions of ratification.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask for a division vote on the 
resolutions of ratification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division has been requested.
  Senators in favor of the ratification of these treaties, please rise. 
(After a pause.) Those opposed will rise and stand until counted.
  With two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolutions of ratification are agreed to.
  The resolutions of ratification are as follows:

                             Calender No. 2

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Convention between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the United 
     Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the 
     Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
     Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains, 
     signed at London on July 24, 2001, together with an Exchange 
     of Notes, as amended by the Protocol signed at Washington on 
     July 19, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-19).
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                             Calendar No. 3

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Protocol Amending the Convention Between 
     the Government of the United States of America and the 
     Government of Australia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation 
     and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
     Income, signed at Canberra on September 27, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 
     107-20).
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                             Calendar No. 4

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Second Additional Protocol That Modifies 
     the Convention Between the Government of the United States of 
     America and the Government of the United Mexican States for 
     the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
     Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Mexico 
     City on November 26, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 108-3).

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