[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


REPORT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF 
     LATVIA CONCERNING FISHERIES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 56

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred jointly to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
pursuant to Public Law 94-265:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act of 1976 (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 Republic of Latvia Extending the Agreement of April 
8, 1993, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States. The 
Agreement, which was effected by an exchange of notes at Riga on March 
28, 1995, and April 4, 1995, extends the 1993 Agreement to December 31, 
1997.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Republic of Latvia, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 20, 1995.

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