[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 29 (Monday, July 25, 1994)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Lithuania-United States Fishery 
Agreement

July 18, 1994

To the Congress of the United States:

    In accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-265; 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 Republic of Lithuania Extending the 
Agreement of November 12, 1992, Concerning Fisheries off the Coasts of 
the United States, with annex. The agreement, which was effected by an 
exchange of notes at Vilnius, Lithuania on February 22, 1994, and May 
11, 1994, extends the 1992 agreement to December 31, 1996. The exchange 
of notes, together with the 1992 agreement, constitutes a governing 
international fishery agreement within the requirements of section 
201(c) of the Act.
    In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the 
Republic of Lithuania, I urge that the Congress give favorable 
consideration to this agreement at an early date.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 18, 1994.