[House Document 109-5]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-5

 
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, 1999, with annex, as extended, 
                     pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1823(a)




 January 20, 2005.--Referred to the Committee on Resources and ordered 
                             to be printed.
To the Congress of the United States:
    Consistent 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 between the Government of the United 
States and the Government of the Russian Federation on Mutual 
Fisheries Relations of May 31, 1999, with annex, as extended 
(the ``Mutual Fisheries Agreement''). The present Agreement, 
which was affected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on March 
3, 2003, and January 30, 2004, extends the Mutual Fisheries 
Agreement to December 31, 2008.
    In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship 
with the Russian Federation, I urge the Congress to give 
favorable consideration to this Agreement at an early date.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, January 6, 2005.