[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT CONCERNING EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR ALBANIA, BELARUS, 
   KAZAKSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, AND UZBEKISTAN--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-91)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. Bonilla) 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 a 
further 12-month extension of authority to waive subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 402 of the Act. This document constitutes my 
recommendation to continue in effect this waiver authority for a 
further 12-month period, and includes my reasons for determining that 
continuation of the waiver authority and waivers currently in effect 
for Albania, Belarus, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
and Uzbekistan will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 
of the Act. I have submitted a separate report with respect to the 
People's Republic of China.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 3, 1997.

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