TREATIES

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Menendez

Senator Lugar's Opening Statement

    Treaties
1. Protocol Amending the Convention
   Between the United States of America and Canada with Respect
   to Taxes on Income and on Capital (Treaty Doc. 110-15).
2. Convention Between the Government of the United States of America
   and the Government of Iceland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation
   and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes
   on Income, and accompanying Protocol (Treaty Doc. 110-17).
3. Convention Between the Government of the United States of America
   and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for the Avoidance of
   Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect
   to Taxes on Income, with accompanying Protocol (Treaty Doc. 110-18).
4. International Convention on the Control of HarmfuL
    Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships (Treaty Doc. 110-13).
5. 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution
   by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (Treaty Doc. 110-5).
6. Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources
   and Activities to the Convention for the Protection and Development
   of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region,
   with Annexes (Treaty Doc. 110-1).
7. Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the
   International Telecommunications Union, as contained in the
   Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference
   (Antalya, 2006) (Treaty Doc. 110-16).
8. Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of
   the International Telecommunications Union, as contained in the Final Acts
   of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002)
   (Treaty Doc. 109-11).
9. 1995 Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices,
   as contained in the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication
   Conference (WRC-95) (Treaty Doc. 108-28).
10. Amendments to the Constitution and Convention
   of the International Telecommunications Union, as contained
   in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference
   (Minneapolis, 1998) (Treaty Doc. 108-5).
11. 1992 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices,
    together with declarations and reservations of the United States
   as contained in the Final Acts of the World Administrative
   Radio Conference (WARC-92) (Treaty Doc. 107-17).

    Witnesses:
+Mr. Michael Mundaca
   Deputy Assistant Secretary (International)
   Office of Tax Policy
   Department of the Treasury
   Washington, DC
+Ms. Emily S. McMahon
   Deputy Chief of Staff
   Joint Committee on Taxation
   United States Congress
   Washington, DC
+The Honorable. David A. Balton
   Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries
   Bureau of Oceans and International ,
   Environmental and Scientific Affairsce
   Department of State
   Washington, DC
+Mr. Richard C. Beaird
   Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator for
   International Communications and
   Information Policy
   Bureau for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
   Department of State
   Washington, DC
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….Additional witnesses may be added

 

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