    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [December 4, 1997]
    [Page 1718]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the Operation
    of the Andean Trade Preference Act
    December 4, 1997

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        I hereby submit the second report on the Operation of the Andean
    Trade Preference Act. This report is prepared pursuant to the
    requirements of section 203 of the Andean Trade Preference Act of 1991.
    The report concludes that the Andean Trade Preference Act continues to
    advance U.S. counternarcotics goals in the Andean region.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.