[House Document 105-238]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-238


 
      WAIVER UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO VIETNAM

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

 NOTIFICATION OF HIS DETERMINATION THAT A WAIVER OF THE APPLICATION OF 
 SUBSECTIONS 402 (a) AND (b) OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO 
   VIETNAM WILL SUBSTANTIALLY PROMOTE THE OBJECTIVES OF SECTION 402, 
                 PURSUANT TO 19 U.S.C. 2432 (c) AND (d)





   April 21, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
                         ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, April 7, 1998.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to subsection 402(c)(2) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (hereinafter the ``Act''), I have issued an 
Executive order waiving the application of subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to Vietnam.
    I wish to report to the Congress that I have determined 
that the requirements of subsections 402(c)(2) (A) and (B) of 
the Act have been satisfied.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.


                            Executive Order

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       Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to Vietnam

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including section 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (``Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2432(c)(2)), which continues to 
apply to Vietnam pursuant to section 402(d) of the Act, and 
having made the report to the Congress required by section 
402(c)(2) of the Act, I hereby waive the application of 
sections 402(a) and 402(b) of the Act with respect to Vietnam.
                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, April 7, 1998.

                                
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