[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 8 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
       THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 93

  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 Poland extending the Agreement of 
August 1, 1985, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United 
States, with annexes and agreed minutes, as amended and extended (the 
1985 Agreement). The Agreement, which was effected by an exchange of 
notes at Warsaw on February 5 and August 25, 1997, extends the 1985 
Agreement to December 31, 1999.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Republic of Poland, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 5, 1998.

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