[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.