[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 22 (Monday, June 2, 2003)]
[Pages 692-693]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Certifying Actions Responsive to 
Ratification of the Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel Management 
and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

May 29, 2003

Dear __________:

    In response to sections 2(1) and 2(2)(C) of the resolution of advice 
and consent to ratification of the Joint Convention on Safety of Spent 
Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, 
adopted by the United States Senate on April 2, 2003, I hereby certify 
that the United States will take those actions specified in section 2(1) 
and that the Comptroller General shall have the access specified in 
section 2(2)(C). The executive branch shall implement the foregoing in a 
manner and to the extent consistent with the President's constitutional 
authority to conduct the foreign affairs of the United States, supervise 
the unitary executive branch, and withhold information the disclosure of 
which could impair the foreign relations of the United States, the 
national security, the deliberative processes of the Executive, or the 
performance of the Executive's constitutional duties.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to Richard G. Lugar, chairman, and 
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign 
Relations; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, and Tom Lantos, ranking member, 
House Committee on International Relations. This letter was released by 
the Office of the Press Secretary on May 30. An original was not 
available for verification of the content of this letter.

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