[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S597-S598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 
     THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON MUTUAL FISHERIES 
                            RELATIONS--PM 6

  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 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.

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  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.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, January 15, 2009.

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