    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [September 23, 1997]
    [Pages 1218-1219]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting a Protocol to the Canada-United
    States Taxation Convention
    September 23, 1997

    To the Senate of the United States:
        I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification
    the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of
    America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Signed
    at Washington on September 26, 1980 as Amended by the Protocols Signed
    on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984 and March 17, 1995, signed at Ottawa on
    July 29, 1997. This Protocol modified the taxation of social security
    benefits and the taxation of gains from the sale of shares of foreign
    real-property holding companies.

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        I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
    to this Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    September 23, 1997.