[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-262)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with 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 the 
continuation of a waiver of application of subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 402 of the Act to the People's Republic of China. This document 
constitutes my recommendation to continue in effect this waiver for a 
further 12-month period and includes my determination that continuation 
of the waiver currently in effect or the People's Republic of China 
will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act, 
and my reasons for such determinations.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 3, 1998.

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