[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 23 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Pages 1008-1009]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Determination on Trade With 
Turkmenistan

June 3, 2004

To the Congress of the United States:

    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 Turkmenistan. 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 Turkmenistan will substantially promote the

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objectives of section 402 of the Act, and my reasons for such 
determination.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 June 3, 2004.