    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [January 13, 1999]
    [Page 39]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting a Certification Required by
    the Ratification Resolution of the Chemical Weapons Convention
    January 13, 1999

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        In accordance with the resolution of advice and consent to
    ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
    Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
    Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the United States on April 24,
    1997, I hereby certify that:

          In connection with Condition (9), Protection of Advanced
            Biotechnology, the legitimate commercial activities and
            interests of chemical, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical firms
            in the United States are not being significantly harmed by the
            limitations of the Convention on access to, and production of,
            those chemicals and toxins listed in Schedule 1 of the Annex on
            Chemicals.

            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on
    Foreign Relations. This letter was released by the Office of the Press
    Secretary on January 14.