    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 52 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
    [Page 2994]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the ``U.S. Ocean Action
    Plan''

    December 17, 2004

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

        Consistent with section 4 of the Oceans Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
    256; 33 U.S.C. 857-19), I transmit herewith the ``U.S. Ocean Action
    Plan,'' a report and statement of proposals prepared by the Council on
    Environmental Quality in response to the Commission on Ocean Policy's
    final recommendations.
         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 item was not received in time for publication in the
    appropriate issue.