President George W. Bush has sent the 1997 Protocol to the MARPOL Convention to the U.S. Senate for ratification. The following is the text of his accompanying note: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Protocol of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 thereto (hereinafter the "Protocol of 1997").
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