[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 73 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT CONCERNING THE EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR THE PEOPLE'S 
   REPUBLIC OF CHINA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT RECEIVED DURING THE 
                           ADJOURNMENT--PM-40

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 7, 1997, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on May 29, 1997, during the adjournment of 
the Senate, received the following message from the President of the 
United States, together with an accompanying report; which was referred 
to the Committee on Finance.

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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