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On the recordJuly 17, 2019
Mr. President, I ask that the 11 o'clock vote series start now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the amendments to the treaty are withdrawn. The amendments (No. 912 and No. 913) were withdrawn. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution of ratification. The senior assistant legislative clerk read the resolution of ratification as follows: Resolution of Advice and Consent of the Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on October 2, 1996, signed on September 23, 2009, at Washington, as corrected by an exchange of notes effected November 16, 2010 (the proposed Protocol) (Treaty Doc. 112-1), and a related agreement effected by an exchange of notes on September 23, 2009 (the related Agreement). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution of ratification.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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