[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 EXTENSION OF AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND THE UNITED 
 STATES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                105-40)

  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 Lithuania Extending the Agreement of 
November 12, 1992, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United 
States, with annex, as extended (``the 1992 Agreement''). The 
Agreement, which was effected by an exchange of notes at Vilnius on 
June 5 and October 15, 1996, extends the 1992 Agreement to December 31, 
1998.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Republic of Lithuania, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 4, 1997.

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