[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 50 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Page 1867]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Export of Accelerometers to the People's 
Republic of China

December 14, 2005

To the Congress of the United States:

    In accordance with the provisions of section 1512 of the Strom 
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public 
Law 105-261), I hereby certify that the export of 36 accelerometers to 
the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Railways, for use in a 
railroad track geometry measuring system, is not detrimental to the U.S. 
space launch industry, and that the material and equipment, including 
any indirect technical benefit that could be derived from such export, 
will not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities of 
the People's Republic of China.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 December 14, 2005.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
December 16. An original was not available for verification of the 
content of this message.