[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 50 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Pages 1997-1998]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

<R04>
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on Emigration 
Policies of Certain Former Eastern Bloc States

December 5, 1997

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    I hereby transmit a report concerning emigration laws and policies 
of Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and 
Uzbekistan as required by subsections 402(b) and 409(b) of title IV of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act''). I have determined that 
Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and 
Uzbekistan are in full compliance with subsections 402(a) and 409(a) of 
the Act. As required by title IV, I will provide the Congress

[[Page 1998]]

with periodic reports regarding the compliance of Albania, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan with these 
emigration standards.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This 
letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 8.