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			Presidential Papers, March 2009
			
			 
	
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		Message to the Congress Certifying Exports to the People’s Republic of ChinaMarch 3, 2009
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 to the Congress that the export of two environmental chambers to be used to test automotive parts 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 this export, will not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities of the People’s Republic of China. BARACK OBAMA The White House, March 3, 2009. NOTE: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on March 4. Categories: Communications to Congress : China :: Message certifying U.S. exports. Subjects: China : Commercial products, exports from U.S., certification. DCPD Number: DCPD200900126.
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								Chicago: 
								Barack H. Obama, "Message to the Congress Certifying Exports to the People’s Republic of China," Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents [Collected for March 2009] in  Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, March 2, 2009 Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=URYTVB3VV7DNSNV.
								
							 
								MLA: 
								Obama, Barack H. "Message to the Congress Certifying Exports to the People’s Republic of China." Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents [Collected for March 2009], in  Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, March 2, 2009, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=URYTVB3VV7DNSNV.
								
							 
								Harvard: 
								Obama, BH, 'Message to the Congress Certifying Exports to the People’s Republic of China' in Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents [Collected for March 2009]. cited in  March 2, 2009, Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, March 2, 2009. Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=URYTVB3VV7DNSNV.
								
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