    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [June 3, 1999]
    [Page 875]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Normal Trade
    Relations Status for Belarus
    June 3, 1999

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        I hereby transmit the document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1)
    of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act''), with respect to the
    continuation of a waiver of the application of subsections (a) and (b)
    of section 402 of the Act. This document constitutes my recommendation
    to continue in effect this waiver for a further 12-month period, and
    includes my determination that continuation of the waiver currently in
    effect for the Republic of Belarus will substantially promote the
    objectives of section 402 of the Act. I will submit separate reports
    with respect to Vietnam and the People's Republic of China.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.
    The related memorandum is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume. The Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
    1998, Public Law 105-206, section 5003, changed the term ``most-favored-
    nation'' status to ``normal trade relations'' status.