    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [August 30, 2002]
    [Pages 1515-1516]
    [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
    August 30, 2002

    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 certify that for calendar year 2001:
        In accordance 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 harmed significantly 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.

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             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, Senate
    Committee on Foreign Relations.