    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book I)]
    [February 17, 2004]
    [Page 233]
    [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
    February 17, 2004

    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, and based on the
    recommendation of the Department of Commerce, I certify that for
    calendar year 2003:

                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.