[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S316-S317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REPORT CONCERNING FISHERIES OFF THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES--
                   MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 90

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; referred jointly, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1823, to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations.

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (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 Latvia extending the Agreement on 
April 8, 1993, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United 
States, with annex, as extended (the 1993 Agreement). The

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present Agreement, which was effected by an exchange of notes at Riga 
on February 13 and May 23, 1997, extends the 1993 Agreement to December 
31, 1999.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Republic of Latvia, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 3, 1998.

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