HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

417

1995 T47.12

Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I

have the honor to transmit a sealed envelop

received from the White House on Friday,

March 17, 1995 at 4:35 p.m. and said to contain a message from the President whereby

he notifies the Congress of his intention to

designate the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a

beneficiary for the purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences.

With great respect, I am

Sincerely yours,

ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

T47.10 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—

WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP GSP

The Clerk then read the message

from the President, as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

I am writing to inform you of my intent to designate the West Bank and

Gaza Strip as a beneficiary of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).

The GSP program, which offers dutyfree access to the U.S. market, was

originally authorized by the Trade Act

of 1974.

I have carefully considered the criteria identified in sections 501 and 502

of the Trade Act of 1974. In light of

these criteria, I have determined that

it is appropriate to extend GSP benefits to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

This notice is submitted in accordance with section 502(a)(1) of the Trade

Act of 1974.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 17, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on

Ways and Means and ordered to be

printed (H. Doc. 104–47).

T47.11 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DOOLITTLE, laid before the House a

message from the President, which was

read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with section 3(f) of the

National Science Foundation Act of

1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1862(f)), I

am pleased to transmit to you the Annual Report of the National Science

Foundation for Fiscal Year 1993.

The Foundation supports research

and education in every State of the

Union. Its programs provide an international science and technology link to

sustain cooperation and advance this

Nation’s leadership role.

This report shows how the Foundation puts science and technology to

work for a sustainable future—for our

economic, environmental, and national

security.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 21, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on

Science.

T47.12 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—

NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT

TO EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DOOLITTLE, laid before the House a

message from the President, which was

read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

1. On August 19, 1994, in Executive

Order No. 12924, I declared a national

emergency under the International

Emergency Economic Powers Act

(IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal

with the threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of

the United States caused by the lapse

of the Export Administration Act of

1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et

seq.) and the system of controls maintained under that Act. In that order, I

continued in effect, to the extent permitted by law, the provisions of the

Export Administration Act of 1979, as

amended, the Export Administration

Regulations (15 C.F.R. 768 et seq.), and

the delegations of authority set forth

in Executive Order No. 12002 of July 7,

1977 (as amended by Executive Order

No. 12755 of March 12, 1991), Executive

Order No. 12214 of May 2, 1980, Executive Order No. 12735 of November 16,

1990 (subsequently revoked by Executive Order No. 12938 of November 14,

1994), and Executive Order No. 12851 of

June 11, 1993.

2. I issued Executive Order No. 12924

pursuant to the authority vested in me

as President by the Constitution and

laws of the United States, including,

but not limited to, IEEPA. At that

time, I also submitted a report to the

Congress pursuant to section 204(b) of

IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)). Section 204 of

IEEPA requires follow-up reports, with

respect to actions or changes, to be

submitted every 6 months. Additionally, section 401(c) of the National

Emergencies Act (NEA) (50 U.S.C. 1601

et seq.) requires that the President,

within 90 days after the end of each 6-

month period following a declaration

of a national emergency, report to the

Congress on the total expenditures directly attributable to that declaration.

This report, covering the 6-month period from August 19, 1994, to February

19, 1995, is submitted in compliance

with these requirements.

3. Since the issuance of Executive

Order No. 12924, the Department of

Commerce has continued to administer

and enforce the system of export controls, including antiboycott provisions,

contained in the Export Administration Regulations. In administering

these controls, the Department has

acted under a policy of conforming actions under Executive Order No. 12924

to those required under the Export Administration Act, insofar as appropriate.

4. Since my last report to the Congress, there have been several significant developments in the area of export controls:

BILATERAL COOPERATION/TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE

—As part of the Administration’s

continuing effort to encourage

other countries to implement effective export controls to stem the

proliferation of weapons of mass

destruction, as well as certain sensitive technologies, the Department of Commerce and other agencies conducted a range of discussions with a number of foreign

countries, including governments

in the Baltics, Central and Eastern

Europe, the Newly Independent

States (NIS) of the former Soviet

Union, the Pacific Rim, and China.

Licensing requirements were liberalized for exports to Argentina,

South Korea, and Taiwan, responding in part to their adoption of improved export control procedures.

AUSTRALIA GROUP

—The Department of Commerce

issued regulations to remove controls on certain chemical weapon

stabilizers that are not controlled

by the Australia Group, a multilateral regime dedicated to stemming

the proliferation of chemical and

biological weapons. This change became effective October 19, 1994. In

that same regulatory action, the

Department also published a regulatory revision that reflects an

Australia Group decision to adopt a

multi-tiered approach to control of

certain mixtures containing chemical precursors. The new regulations extend General License G–

DEST treatment to certain categories of such mixtures.

NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG)

—NSG members are examining the

present dual-use nuclear control

list to both remove controls no

longer warranted and to rewrite

control language to better reflect

nuclear proliferation concerns. A

major item for revision involves

machine tools, as the current language was accepted on an interim

basis until agreement on more specific language could be reached.

—The Department of Commerce has

implemented license denials for

NSG-controlled items as part of the

‘‘no-undercut’’ provision. Under

this provision, denial notifications

received from NSG member countries obligate other member nations not to approve similar transactions until they have consulted

with the notifying party, thus reducing the possibilities for undercutting such denials.

MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR)

—Effective September 30, 1994, the

Department of Commerce revised

the control language for MTCR

items on the Commerce Control

List, based on the results of the

last MTCR plenary. The revisions

reflect advances in technology and

clarifications agreed to multilaterally.

—On October 4, 1994, negotiations to

resolve the 1993 sanctions imposed

on China for MTCR violations involving missile-related trade with

Pakistan were successfully concluded. The United States lifted the

Category II sanctions effective November 1, in exchange for a Chinese

commitment not to export ground-