    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book I)]
    [January 6, 2005]
    [Page 16]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting an Extension of the Russia-United
    States Mutual Fisheries Agreement
    January 6, 2005

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
    Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), I transmit herewith an
    Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the
    Government of the Russian Federation extending the Agreement Between the
    Government of the United States and the Government of the Russian
    Federation on Mutual Fisheries Relations of May 31, 1999, with annex, as
    extended (the ``Mutual Fisheries Agreement''). The present Agreement,
    which was affected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on March 3, 2003,
    and January 30, 2004, extends the Mutual Fisheries Agreement to December
    31, 2008.
        In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the
    Russian Federation, I urge the Congress to give favorable consideration
    to this Agreement at an early date.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     January 6, 2005.