[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5250]
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   REPORT CONCERNING THE EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR ALBANIA, 
     BELARUS, KAZAKSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, AND 
             UZBEKISTAN--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 44

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate 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 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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