    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
    [August 2, 1996]
    [Page 1247]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting the Canada-United States Protocol
    for the Protection of Migratory Birds
    August 2, 1996

    To the Senate of the United States:
        With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to
    ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol between the United States
    and Canada Amending the 1916 Convention for the Protection of Migratory
    Birds in Canada and the United States, with a related exchange of notes,
    signed at Washington on December 14, 1995.
        The Protocol, which is discussed in more detail in the accompanying
    report of the Secretary of State, represents a considerable achievement
    for the United States in conserving migratory birds and balancing the
    interests of conservationists, sports hunters, and indigenous people. If
    ratified and properly implemented, the Protocol should further enhance
    the management and protection of this important resource for the benefit
    of all users.
        The Protocol would replace a protocol with a similar purpose, which
    was signed January 30, 1979, (Executive W, 96th Cong., 2nd Sess.
    (1980)), and which I, therefore, desire to withdraw from the Senate.
        I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
    to the Protocol, with exchange of notes, and give its advice and consent
    to ratification.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    August 2, 1996.