[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 72 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-86)

  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 Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I hereby transmit the document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1) of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act''), with respect to the 
continuation of a waiver of application of subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 402 of the Act to the People's Republic of China. This document 
constitutes my recommendations to continue in effect this waiver for a 
further 12-month period and includes my determination that continuation 
of the waiver currently in effect for the People's Republic of China 
will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act, 
and my reasons for such determination.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 29, 1997.

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