[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CERTIFICATION REGARDING EXPORT OF SATELLITE FUELS TO CHINA--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 106-60)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committees on Armed Services and the Committee on International 
Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with the provisions of section 1512 of Public Law 105-
261, the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999, I hereby certify that the export to the People's Republic of 
China of satellite fuels and separation systems for the U.S.-origin 
Iridium commercial communications satellite program:
  (1) is not detrimental to the United States space launch industry; 
and
  (2) the material and equipment, including any indirect technical 
benefit that could be derived from such export, will not measurably 
improve the missile or space launch capabilities of the People's 
Republic of China.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 10, 1999.

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