    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [March 3, 2000]
    [Page 392]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Delegation of Authority To Report on Cooperative Projects
    With Russia
    March 3, 2000

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

    Subject: Delegation of Authority to Transmit Report on Cooperative
    Projects With Russia

        By authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
    laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
    I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the duties and
    responsibilities vested in the President by section 2705(d) of Division
    G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
    Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-844). Such duties and
    responsibilities shall be exercised subject to the concurrence of the
    Secretary of State.
        The reporting requirements delegated by this memorandum to the
    Secretary of Defense may be redelegated not lower than the Under
    Secretary level. The Department of Defense shall obtain clearance on the
    report from the Office of Management and Budget prior to its submission
    to the Congress.
        Any reference in this memorandum to the provisions of any Act shall
    be deemed to be referenced to such Act or its provisions as may be
    amended from time to time.
        You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
    Federal Register.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on March 6. It was not received for publication in the Federal Register.