[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 13, 1994]
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 WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN EXPORTS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
  CHINA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                103-279)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Stark) laid before the House the 
following message from the President of the United States; which was 
read and, together with the accompanying papers, without objection, 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 902(b)(2) of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public 
Law 101-246), and as President of the United States, I hereby report to 
the Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States 
to waive the restrictions contained in that Act on the export to the 
People's Republic of China of U.S.-origin satellites insofar as such 
restrictions pertain to the EchoStar project.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, July 13, 1994.

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