[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL FISHERIES RELATIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF 
                           THE UNITED STATES

  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 Natural Resources:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance 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, 1988, with 
annex, as extended (the ``Mutual Fisheries Agreement''). The present 
Agreement, which was effected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on 
March 28, 2008, and September 19, 2008, extends the Mutual Fisheries 
Agreement until December 31, 2013.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Russian Federation, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this Agreement at an early date.
The White House, January 15, 2009.

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