[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 125 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9649-S9650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 107-17

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the injunction of 
secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted to the Senate 
on September 30, 2002, by the President of the United States:

       Partial Revision of Radio Regulations (Treaty Document No. 
     107-17).

  I further ask the treaty be considered as having been read the first 
time; that it be referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and that the 
President's message be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The President's message is as follows:
To the Senate of the United States:
  With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the 1992 Partial Revision of the 
Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979), with appendices, signed by the United 
States at Malaga-Torremolinos on March 3, 1992 (the ``1992 Partial 
Revision''), together with declarations and reservations of the

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United States as contained in the Final Acts of the World 
Administrative Radio Conference for Dealing with Frequency Allocations 
in Certain Parts of the Spectrum (WARC-92). I transmit also, for the 
information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State 
concerning these revisions.
  The 1992 Partial Revision, which was adopted at WARC-92, constitutes 
a revision of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio 
Regulations (Geneva, 1979), as revised, to which the United States is a 
party. It provides for additional spectrum for new or expanding 
telecommunication services, primarily terrestrial and satellite 
broadcasting, terrestrial and satellite mobile and space services and 
is consistent with the proposals and positions taken by the United 
States at the conference.
  Subject to the U.S. declarations and reservations mentioned above, I 
believe that the United States should become a party to the 1992 
Partial Revision, which provides additional spectrum for existing and 
new telecommunication services in which the United States plays a 
significant leadership role. It is my hope that the Senate will take 
early action on this matter and give its advice and consent to 
ratification.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 30, 2002.

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