[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 25]
[Senate]
[Page 34533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                      TAX CONVENTION WITH BELGIUM

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             PROTOCOL AMENDING TAX CONVENTION WITH GERMANY

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar Nos. 2 and 
5, the Tax Convention With Belgium and the Protocol Amending the Tax 
Convention With Germany; that the Treaty and Protocol be advanced 
through their various parliamentary stages up to and including the 
presentation of the resolutions for ratification; and that there now be 
a division vote on the resolutions en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The treaty and protocol will be considered to have passed through 
their various parliamentary stages, up to and including the 
presentation of the resolutions of ratification.
  The resolutions of ratification are as follows:

                                Treaties

[Tax Convention with Belgium (Treaty Doc. 110-3); Protocol Amending Tax 
             Convention with Germany (Treaty Doc. 109-20)]

       The resolutions of ratification are as follows:
       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 Kingdom of Belgium for the 
     Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
     Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, and accompanying 
     Protocol, signed at Brussels on November 27, 2006 (Treaty 
     Doc. 110-3).
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of 
     America and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Avoidance 
     of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
     Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other 
     Taxes, signed at Berlin on June 1, 2006 and an Exchange of 
     Notes dated August 17, 2006 (EC-2046) (Treaty Doc. 109-20).

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division vote has been requested. The 
question is on the resolutions of ratification. Senators in favor of 
the ratification of the treaty and protocol, please rise.
  Those opposed will rise and stand until counted.
  In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of the Senators present 
having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of ratification are 
agreed to.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table and that the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's action.

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