[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 BELARUS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-264)

  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. 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 for the Republic of Belarus will substantially promote the 
objectives of section 402 of the Act, and my reasons for such 
determination. I will submit separate reports with respect to Vietnam 
and the People's Republic of China.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 3, 1998.

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