[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.