[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)] [February 6, 1996] [Page 177] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]Message to the Congress on Satellite Exports to China February 6, 1996 To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 902(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246), and as President of the United States, I hereby report to the Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the restrictions contained in that Act on the export to the People's Republic of China of U.S.-origin satellites insofar as such restrictions pertain to the CHINASAT project. William J. Clinton The White House, February 6, 1996.