[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12376-12377]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committee were submitted:

       By Mr. KERRY, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:

[Treaty Doc. 111-1  Tax Convention with Malta with 1 declaration (Ex . 
 Rept. 111-3); and Treaty Doc. 111-3  Protocol Amending Tax Convention 
         with New Zealand with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 111-4)]

       The text of the committee-recommended resolutions of advice 
     and consent to ratification are as follows:

                    111-1: Tax Convention With Malta

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to a 
     Declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Convention Between the Government of the United States of 
     America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of 
     Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
     Respect to Taxes on

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     Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (the 
     ``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 111-1), subject to the 
     declaration of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration:
       The Convention is self-executing.

        111-3: Protocol Amending Tax Convention With New Zealand

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to a 
     Declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of 
     America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation 
     and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
     Income, signed on December 1, 2008, at Washington (the 
     ``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 111-3), subject to the declaration 
     of section 2.
       Section 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration:
       The Protocol is self-executing.

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