[House Document 105-278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-278


 
                   CONTINUATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                        THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY

                        FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS,

                        THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                              TRANSMITTING

PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION 98-28, STATING THAT THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF 
 THE WAIVER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY SECTION 402 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, 
AS AMENDED, WILL SUBSTANTIALLY PROMOTE THE OBJECTIVES OF SECTION 402 OF 
  THE ACT, AND HAS FURTHER DETERMINED THAT CONTINUATION OF THE WAIVER 
 APPLICABLE TO THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS WILL SUBSTANTIALLY PROMOTE THE 
                  OBJECTIVES OF SECTION 402 OF THE ACT





June 25, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered 
                             to be printed


                                       Department of State,
                                      Washington, DC, June 8, 1998.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: This is to confirm that the President has 
determined that the further extension of the waiver authority 
granted by section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of the 
Act, and has further determined that continuation of the waiver 
applicable to the Republic of Belarus will substantially 
promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act. I enclose a 
copy of the President's Determination (PD 98-28).
    The Secretary of State has been authorized and directed to 
publish this determination in the Federal Register.
            Sincerely,
                                            Barbara Larkin,
                          Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs.
    Enclosure: As stated.
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                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, June 3, 1998.
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 
        1974, as Amended--Continuation of Waiver Authority.

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended, Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978 
(hereinafter the ``Act''), I determine, pursuant to subsection 
402(d)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2432(d)(1), that the further 
extension of the waiver authority granted by section 402 of the 
Act will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of 
the Act. I further determine that continuation of the waiver 
applicable to the Republic of Belarus will substantially 
promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this 
determination in the Federal Register.

                                                William J. Clinton.

                                
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