    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [October 21, 1993]
    [Page 1798]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting the Slovak Republic-United States
    Taxation Convention
    October 21, 1993

    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 Slovak
    Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of
    Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at
    Bratislava on October 8, 1993. Also transmitted for the information of
    the Senate is the report of the Department of State with respect to the
    Convention.
        The Convention will be the first income tax convention between the
    two countries. It is intended it reduce the distortions (double taxation
    or excessive taxation) that can arise when two countries tax the same
    income. It will modernize tax relations between the two countries and
    will facilitate greater private sector U.S. investment in the Slovak
    Republic.
        I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
    to the Convention and give its advice and consent to ratification.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    October 21, 1993.