    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [February 4, 1997]
    [Pages 108-109]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the Lithuania-United States
    Fisheries Agreement
    February 4, 1997

    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 Republic of Lithuania Extending the Agreement of
    November 12, 1992, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United
    States, with annex, as extended (``the 1992 Agreement''). The Agreement,
    which was effected by an exchange of notes at Vilnius on June 5 and
    October 15, 1996, extends the 1992 Agreement to December 31, 1998.
        In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the
    Republic of Lithuania, I

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    urge that the Congress give favorable consideration to this Agreement at
    an early date.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    February 4, 1997.