[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on March 5, 2002, during the recess of the 
Senate, received the following message from the President of the United 
States, together with the accompanying papers; which was referred as 
indicated:

       PM-72. A message from the President of the United States, 
     received during adjournment, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report to facilitate positive adjustment to competition from 
     imports of certain steel products; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with section 203(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (the ``Act''), I hereby transmit documents to the Congress that 
describe the safeguard action that I have proclaimed on imports of 
certain steel products, pursuant to the authority vested in me by 
section 203(a)(1) of the Act and as President of the United States, and 
the reasons for taking that action.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, March 5, 2002.

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