[House Document 111-21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-21

 
                      CERTIFICATION FOR AN EXPORT
                   TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

CERTIFICATION THAT THE EXPORT OF TWO ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS TO BE USED 
 TO TEST AUTOMOTIVE PARTS IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE U.S. SPACE LAUNCH 
 INDUSTRY, AND THAT THE MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ANY INDIRECT 
  TECHNICAL BENEFIT THAT COULD BE DERIVED FROM THIS EXPORT, WILL NOT 
  MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE MISSILE OR SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES OF THE 
   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 105-261, SEC. 1512




    March 4, 2009.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    In accordance with the provisions of section 1512 of the 
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261), I hereby certify to the 
Congress that the export of two environmental chambers to be 
used to test automotive parts is not detrimental to the U.S. 
space launch industry, and that the material and equipment, 
including any indirect technical benefit that could be derived 
from this export, will not measurably improve the missile or 
space launch capabilities of the People's Republic of China.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, March 3, 2009.

                                  
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