    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [January 31, 2000]
    [Page 164]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Ratification of
    World Intellectual Property Organization Treaties
    January 31, 2000

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        As required by the second proviso of the resolution of advice and
    consent to ratification of the World Intellectual Property Organization
    Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property Organization
    Performances and Phonograms Treaty, passed by the Senate on October 21,
    1998, I transmit herewith the first report on the status of the
    ratification of those treaties and related matters.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on
    Foreign Relations. This letter was released by the Office of the Press
    Secretary on February 1.