[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 
 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND CONCERNING FISHERIES OFF THE 
 COAST OF THE UNITED STATES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                      STATES (H. DOC. NO. 104-172)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore 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 Resources and ordered to be printed:

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 Poland Extending the Agreement of August 
1, 1985, as amended, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United 
States (``the 1985 Agreement''). The Agreement, which was effected by 
an exchange of notes at Warsaw on December 15 and 20, 1995, extends the 
1985 Agreement to December 31, 1997.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Republic of Poland, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 9, 1996.

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