    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [September 8, 2008]
    [Pages 1182-1183]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on the Proposed Russia-United States Agreement
    on Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
    September 8, 2008

    To the Congress of the United States:
        On May 13, 2008, I transmitted a message to the Congress
    transmitting the text of a proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between
    the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the
    Russian Federation for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of
    Nuclear Energy (the ``proposed Agreement''), pursuant to sections 123 b.
    and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C.
    2153(b), (d)) (the ``Act'').
        In view of recent actions by the Government of the Russian
    Federation incompatible with peaceful relations with its sovereign and
    democratic neighbor Georgia, I have determined that the determination
    regarding the proposed Agreement in Presidential Determination 2008-19
    is no longer effective. Accordingly, a statutory prerequisite for the
    proposed Agreement to become effective, as required by section 123 b. of
    the Act, is no longer satisfied. If circumstances should permit future
    reconsideration of the proposed Agreement, a new determination will be
    made and the proposed Agreement will be submitted for congressional
    review pursuant to section 123 of the Act.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     September 8, 2008.

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