[House Document 106-31]
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GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
                         THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 
  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT ON 
MUTUAL FISHERIES RELATIONS OF MAY 31, 1988, WITH ANNEX, AS AMENDED AND 
                EXTENDED, PURSUANT TO 16 U.S.C. 1823(a)




February 25, 1999.--Referred to the Committee on Resources and ordered 
                             to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                    
69-012                     WASHINGTON : 1999





                                           The White House,
                                  Washington, DC, January 20, 1999.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.), I transmit herewith an Agreement Between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Russian Federation extending the Agreement on Mutual Fisheries 
Relations of May 31, 1988, with annex, as amended and extended 
(the ``Mutual Fisheries Agreement''). The present Agreement, 
which was effected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on July 28 
and November 23, 1998, extends the Mutual Fisheries Agreement 
to December 31, 2003.
    In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship 
with the Russian Federation, I urge that the Congress give 
favorable consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.




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