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106 STAT. 5236 PROCLAMATION 6413—MAR. 17, 1992 ing demands for better business practices. Women in agriculture are meeting those challenges with an increasing array of new skills and knowledge—and with the remarkable resilience and resolve that have long characterized the American farmer. Through the grace of Almighty God and through the daily labors of the men and women who till the soil, plant the seeds, nourish the tender shoots, and reap the harvest, our Nation's farms are the most efficient and most productive in the world. In fact, America's farmers produce enough food and fiber to meet our Nation's needs and those of millions of people around the globe. On this occasion, we offer special thanks to the women who serve on our Nation's farms. In agriculture as in virtually every other field of endeavor, women are making vital contributions to our families, communities, and country. The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 176, has designated March 19, 1992, as "National Women in Agriculture Day" and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim March 19, 1992, as National Women in Agriculture Day. I invite all Americans to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety- two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixteenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6413 of March 17, 1992 Extending United States Cop5rright Protections to the Works of the People's Republic of China By the President of the United states of America A Proclamation Section 104(b)(5) of title 17 of the United States Code provides that when the President finds that a particular foreign nation extends, to works by authors who are nationals or domiciliaries of the United States of America or to works first published in the United States, copyright protection on substantially the same basis as that on which the foreign nation extends protection to works of its own nationals and domiciliaries and works first published in that nation, the President may extend protection under that title to works of which one or more of the authors is, on the date of first publication, a national, domiciliary, or sovereign authority of that nation, or which are first published in that nation. Satisfactory assurances have been received that as of March 17, 1992, as provided in Article 3(9) of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Govern-