    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [June 2, 2000]
    [Page 1069]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Normal Trade
    Relations Status for Vietnam
    June 2, 2000

    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 a
    further 12-month extension of the authority to waive subsections (a) and
    (b) of section 402 of the Act. This document constitutes my
    recommendation to continue in effect this waiver authority for a further
    12-month period, and includes my reasons for determining that
    continuation of the waiver authority and the waiver currently in effect
    for Vietnam will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of
    the Act.
            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 of June 2 is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.