    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [September 20, 1994]
    [Pages 1584-1585]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the China-United States Fishery
    Agreement
    September 20, 1994

    To the Congress of the United States:
        In accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management
    Act of 1976 (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 People's Republic of China Extending the Agreement of
    July 23, 1985, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States,
    as extended and amended. The Agreement,

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    which was effected by an exchange of notes at Beijing on March 4 and May
    31, 1994, extends the 1985 Agreement to July 1, 1996.
        In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the
    People's Republic of China, I urge that the Congress give favorable
    consideration to this Agreement at an early date.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    September 20, 1994.