[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 179]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 
  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT ON 
            MUTUAL FISHERIES RELATIONS OF MAY 31, 1999--PM 1

  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 jointly, pursuant to the order of January 
30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees 
on Foreign Relations; and Commerce, Science, and Transportation:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent 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, 1999, with 
annex, as extended (the ``Mutual Fisheries Agreement''). The present 
Agreement, which was affected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on 
March 3, 2003, and January 30, 2004, extends the Mutual Fisheries 
Agreement to December 31, 2008.
  In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Russian Federation, I urge the Congress to give favorable consideration 
to this Agreement at an early date.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, January 6, 2005.

                          ____________________