    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [December 17, 2002]
    [Page 2201]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on World
    Intellectual Property Rights
    December 17, 2002

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        As required by the second proviso of the text of the resolution of
    advise and consent to ratification of the World Intellectual Property
    Organization Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property
    Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, passed by the Senate on
    October 21, 1998, I transmit herewith a report prepared by my
    Administration on the status of the ratification of those treaties and
    related materials.
             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.