[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 141 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S8125]
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MESSAGE STATING THAT THE STATUTORY PREREQUISITE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IS 
NO LONGER SATISFIED, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 123 B. OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY 
 ACT OF 1954, FOR THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
    FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY 
            TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE ON MAY 13, 2008--PM 62

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations:

To the Congress of the United States:
  On May 13, 2008, I transmitted a message to the Congress transmitting 
the text of a proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian 
Federation for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
Energy (the ``proposed Agreement''), pursuant to sections 123 b. and 
123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153 
(b), (d)) (the ``Act'').
  In view of recent actions by the Government of the Russian Federation 
incompatible with peaceful relations with its sovereign and democratic 
neighbor Georgia, I have determined that the determination regarding 
the proposed Agreement in Presidential Determination 2008-19 is no 
longer effective. Accordingly, a statutory prerequisite for the 
proposed Agreement to become effective, as required by section 123 b. 
of the Act, is no longer satisfied. If circumstances should permit 
future reconsideration of the proposed Agreement, a new determination 
will be made and the proposed Agreement will be submitted for 
congressional review pursuant to section 123 of the Act.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 8, 2008.

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