    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [September 15, 1994]
    [Page 1556]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting the Kazakhstan-United States
    Taxation Convention and Protocol
    September 15, 1994

    To the Senate of the United States:
        I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification
    the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America
    and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Avoidance of
    Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to
    Taxes on Income and Capital, together with the Protocol and the two
    related exchanges of notes, signed at Almaty on October 24, 1993. Also
    transmitted for the information of the Senate is the report of the
    Department of State with respect to the Convention.
        The Convention replaces, with respect to Kazakhstan, 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 U.S. investment
    in Kazakhstan.
        I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
    to the Convention, Protocol, and the two related exchanges of notes and
    give its advice and consent to ratification.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    September 15, 1994.