[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11418]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT TO CONGRESS CONCERNING EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR THE 
 REPUBLIC OF BELARUS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                         (H. DOC. NO. 108-190)

  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 Ways and Means and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I hereby transmit the document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1) of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (the ``Act''), as amended, with respect to the 
continuation of a waiver of application of subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 402 of the Act to the Republic of Belarus. This document 
constitutes my recommendation to continue this waiver for a further 12-
month period and includes my determination that continuation of the 
waiver currently in effect for Belarus will substantially promote the 
objectives of section 402 of the Act, and my reasons for such 
determination.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, June 3, 2004.

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