[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 111-8

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
treaty transmitted to the Senate on November 15, 2010, by the President 
of the United States: Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Luxembourg, 
Treaty Document No. 111-8. I further ask that the treaty 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 the advice and consent of the Senate to its 
ratification, the Protocol Amending the Convention between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and 
Capital, signed on May 20, 2009, at Luxembourg (the ``proposed 
Protocol'') and a related agreement effected by the exchange of notes 
also signed on May 20, 2009. I also transmit for the information of the 
Senate the report of the Department of State, which includes an 
Overview of the proposed Protocol and related agreement.
  The proposed Protocol and related agreement provide for more robust 
exchange of information between tax authorities in the two countries to 
facilitate the administration of each country's tax laws. They 
generally follow the current U.S. Model Income Tax Convention and the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development standards for 
exchange of tax information.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the proposed Protocol and related agreement and give its advice and 
consent to their ratification.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, November 15, 2010.

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