[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   DETONATION OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN INDIA--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-250)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. CAMP) laid before the House the 
following message from the President of the United States; which was 
read and, without objection, referred to the Committee on International 
Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to section 102(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, I am 
hereby reporting that, in accordance with that section, I have 
determined that India, a non-nuclear-weapon state, detonated a nuclear 
explosive device on May 11, 1998. I have further directed the relevant 
agencies and instrumentalities of the United States Government to take 
the necessary actions to impose the sanctions described in section 
102(b)(2) of that Act.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 13, 1998.

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