[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 16 (Monday, April 26, 1999)]
[Page 671]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority

April 16, 1999

Memorandum for the Attorney General

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Sections 212(f) and 215(a)(1) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 
215(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 
1182(f) and 1185(a)(1)), and in light of Proclamation 4865 of September 
29, 1981, I hereby delegate to the Attorney General the authority to:
    (a) Maintain custody, at any location she deems appropriate, and 
      conduct any screening she deems appropriate in her unreviewable 
      discretion, of any undocumented person encountered in vessels 
      interdicted on the high seas in the general area of the Northern 
      Mariana Islands in 1999, including the stateless vessel located 
      west of the Northern Mariana Islands and identified by United 
      States authorities on or about April 12, 1999; and
    (b) Undertake any other appropriate actions with respect to such 
      aliens permitted by law.
    This memorandum is not intended to create, and should not be 
construed to create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
legally enforceable by any party against the United States, its agencies 
or instrumentalities, officers, employees, or any other person, or to 
require any procedures to determine whether a person is a refugee.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

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