    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [March 11, 2003]
    [Page 260]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting a Certification Required by
    the Ratification Resolution of the Chemical Weapons Convention
    March 11, 2003

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        Consistent 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 United States Senate on April 24, 1997, I certify that
    for calendar year 2002:
        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
    were not 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.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard G. Lugar, chairman, Senate
    Committee on Foreign Relations.