[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[September 8, 1992]
[Page 1508]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Senate Transmitting the Russia-United States Taxation 
Convention
September 8, 1992

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 Russian 
Federation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on 
June 17, 1992, together with a related Protocol. I also transmit the 
report of the Department of State.
    The convention replaces, with respect to Russia, the 1973 income tax 
convention between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics. It will modernize tax relations between the two 
countries and will facilitate greater private sector United States 
investment in Russia.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to the convention and related protocol and give its advice and consent 
to ratification.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
September 8, 1992.