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“REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--EXCHANGE OF NOTES RELATING TO TAX CONVENTION WITH KAZAKHSTAN (TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-15)” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S11342 on Aug. 3, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--EXCHANGE OF NOTES RELATING TO TAX
CONVENTION WITH KAZAKHSTAN (TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 104-15)
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the Exchange of Notes Relating to the Tax Convention with Kazakhstan, Treaty Document No. 104-15, transmitted to the Senate by the President on August 3, 1995; that the treaty be considered as having been read the first time, referred with accompanying papers to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and ordered that the President's message be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The message of the President is as follows:
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith an exchange of notes dated at Washington July 10, 1995, for Senate advice and consent to ratification in connection with the Senate's consideration of 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 a related Protocol, signed at Almaty on October 24, 1993, and exchanges of notes (the ``Taxation Convention''). Also transmitted for the information of the Senate is the report of the Department of State with respect to the exchange of notes.
This exchange of notes addresses the interaction between the Taxation Convention and other treaties that have tax provisions, including in particular the General Agreement on Trade in Services (``GATS''), annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Marrakesh April 15, 1994.
I recommend that the Senate give favorable consideration to this exchange of notes and give its advice and consent to ratification in connection with the Taxation Convention.
William J. Clinton.
The White House, August 3, 1995.
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