[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 22 (Monday, June 2, 2003)]
[Page 692]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting Documentation on the 
Extension of Normal Trade Relations Status for Belarus

May 29, 2003

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    I hereby transmit the document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1) 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ``Act''), as amended, with respect to the 
continuation of a waiver of application of subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 402 of the Act to Belarus. This document constitutes my 
recommendation to continue this waiver for a further 12-month period and 
includes my determination that continuation of the waiver currently in 
effect for Belarus will substantially promote the objectives of section 
402 of the Act, and my reasons for such determination.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the 
Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
May 30.