    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [January 11, 2000]
    [Page 36]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the Loan
    Guarantees to Israel Program
    January 11, 2000

    Dear __________:
        Pursuant to section 226(k) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
    amended (FAA), and pursuant to section 1205 of the International
    Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (ISDCA), enclosed is a
    copy of the 1999 Report to the Congress on the Loan Guarantees to Israel
    Program. As the report under section 226(k) of the FAA is required
    annually until December 31, 1999, this will be the final report
    submitted under section 226(k) of the FAA.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives; Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph R. Biden,
    Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Ted Stevens,
    chairman, and Robert C. Byrd, ranking member, Senate Committee on
    Appropriations; Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Sam Gejdensen, ranking
    member, House Committee on International Relations; and C.W. Bill Young,
    chairman, and David R. Obey, ranking member, House Committee on
    Appropriations. This letter was released by the Office of the Press
    Secretary on January 12.