[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 50 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
[Page 2923]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the 1995 Revision of the Radio 
Regulations, With Appendices

December 7, 2004

To the Senate of the United States:

    With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the 1995 Revision of the Radio 
Regulations, with appendices, signed by the United States at Geneva on 
November 17, 1995 (the ``1995 Revision''), together with declarations 
and reservations of the United States as contained in the Final Acts of 
the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-95). I transmit also, for 
the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State 
concerning these revisions.
    The 1995 Revision, which was adopted at WRC-95, constitutes a 
revision of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio 
Regulations, to which the United States is a party. It provides for the 
simplification of the Radio Regulations, the introduction of new global 
mobile-satellite services, and new regulatory provisions both for non-
geostationary satellites operating in the same frequency bands as 
geostationary satellites and for other new space services that share 
spectrum with the space research and terrestrial services.
    Subject to the U.S. declarations and reservations mentioned above, I 
believe the United States should become a party to the 1995 Revision, 
which will facilitate the development of mobile-satellite and non-
geostationary satellite orbit communication services by U.S. Government 
and industry. It is my hope that the Senate will take early action on 
this matter and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 December 7, 2004.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
December 8.