    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [June 3, 1999]
    [Page 876]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Normal Trade
    Relations Status for Vietnam
    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 (the ``Act''), as amended, with respect to the
    continuation of a waiver of the application of subsections (a) and (b)
    of section 402 of the Act to Vietnam. 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 Vietnam will substantially promote the
    objectives of section 402 of the Act, and my reasons for such
    determination.
            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.