treaties: 105-9

Treaties submitted to the Senate (Congresses 89–119), with countries, index terms, and resolution text.

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105-9 105 9 TAX CONVENTION WITH SOUTH AFRICA Taxation 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z   South Africa 105-9 Tax, South Africa <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[108] TreatyRes. 7 for Treaty Doc.105 - 9" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[108] TreatyRes. 7 for Treaty Doc.105 - 9</title></head><body><p><b>As approved:</b></p><p><i>Resolved,</i><i>(two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein),</i></p><p>That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains, signed at Cape Town February 17, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-9), subject to the declaration of subsection (a), and the proviso of subsection (b).</p><p> (a) DECLARATION. - The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following declaration, which shall be binding on the President:</p><p> (1) TREATY INTERPRETATION.- The Senate affirms the applicability to all treaties of the constitutionally based principles of treaty interpretation set forth in Condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988, and Condition (8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997.</p><p> (b) PROVISO.- The resolution of ratification is subject to the following proviso, which shall be binding on the President:</p><p> (1) SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION.- Nothing in the Treaty requires or authorizes legislation or other action by the United States of America that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States.</p><p></p></body></html>

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