[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7418]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TRANSMITTING CERTIFICATION THAT THE EXPORT OF FINE GRAIN GRAPHITE TO BE 
USED FOR SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS AND FOR THE FABRICATION OF COMPONENTS 
USED IN ELECTRONIC AND SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO 
  THE U.S. SPACE LAUNCH INDUSTRY, AND THAT THE MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT 
WILL NOT MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE MISSILE OR SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES OF 
                 THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--PM 13

  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 provisions of section 1512 of the Strom 
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
(Public Law 105-261), I hereby certify to the Congress that the export 
of fine grain graphite to be used for solar cell applications and for 
the fabrication of components used in electronic and semiconductor 
fabrication, and two dual-motor, dual-shaft mixers to be used to 
produce carbon fiber and epoxy prepregs for the commercial airline 
industry is not detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry, and that 
the material and equipment, including any indirect technical benefit 
that could be derived from these exports, will not measurably improve 
the missile or space launch capabilities of the People's Republic of 
China.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 17, 2009.

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