[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION EXTENDING MUTUAL 
 FISHERIES AGREEMENT--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                          (H. DOC. NO. 109-5)

  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 
Committee on Resources and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), I transmit herewith an 
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Russian Federation extending the Agreement 
Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the 
Russian Federation on Mutual Fisheries Relations of May 31, 1999, with 
annex, as extended (the ``Mutual Fisheries Agreement''). The present 
Agreement, which was affected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on 
March 3, 2003, and January 30, 2004, extends the Mutual Fisheries 
Agreement to December 31, 2008.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Russian Federation, I urge the Congress to give favorable consideration 
to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                        George W. Bush.
The White House, January 6, 2005.

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