    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [March 17, 2000]
    [Pages 487-488]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Memorandum of Understanding
    Relating to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
    March 17, 2000

    Dear Mr. Chairman:
        In accordance with section 629 of the Departments of Commerce,
    Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
    Act, 2000, as contained in the Omnibus Appropriations Act for 2000
    (Public Law 106-113), I hereby certify that the United States Government
    is not implementing the Memorandum of

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    Understanding Relating to the Treaty Between the United States of
    America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of
    Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972, entered into in New York
    on September 26, 1997, by the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan,
    Belarus, and Ukraine.
        Attached is a report to the Congress relating to this certification.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

     Note: Identical letters were sent to C.W. Bill Young, chairman, House
    Committee on Appropriations, and Ted Stevens, chairman, Senate Committee
    on Appropriations.