[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S6125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT CERTIFYING THAT THE EXPORT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF 
   CERTAIN MATERIALS, INCLUDING AN ISOSTATIC PRESS FOR MANUFACTURING 
  AUTOMOTIVE SPARE PARTS, IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE U.S. SPACE LAUNCH 
INDUSTRY AND THAT THE MATERIAL WILL NOT MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE MISSILE 
 OR SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--PM 13

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with the provisions of section 1512 of the Strom 
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
(Public Law 105-261), I hereby certify that the export to the People's 
Republic of China of the following items is not detrimental to the U.S. 
space launch industry, and that the material and equipment, including 
any indirect technical benefit that could be derived from such exports, 
will not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities of 
the People's Republic of China:
  A four-axis filament winding machine for production of spare parts 
for China's water purification and treatment industries;
  A computer control system upgrade to a three-axis filament winding 
machine for production of spare parts for China's water purification 
and treatment industries;
  An isostatic press for manufacturing automotive spare parts; and
  A four-axis filament winding machine to be used in production of 
graphite or glass composite golf clubs.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, May 15, 2007.

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