[House Document 114-18]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - -  - House Document 114-18

 
 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 
                THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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   AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE 
 GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN 
   THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SOVIET 
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON MUTUAL FISHERIES RELATIONS OF MAY 31, 1988, WITH 
                           ANNEX, AS EXTENDED




  March 13, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 10, 2015.
Hon. John Boehner,
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 and the Government of the Russian 
Federation Extending the Agreement Between the Government of 
the United States and the Government of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics on Mutual Fisheries Relations of May 31, 
1988, with annex, as extended (the ``Mutual Fisheries 
Agreement''). The present Agreement, which was effected by an 
exchange of notes in Moscow on July 31, 2013, and December 10, 
2013, extends the Mutual Fisheries Agreement until December 31, 
2018.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.