[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 22 (Monday, June 7, 1999)]
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Memorandum on the Extension of Normal Trade Relations Status With 
Belarus

June 3, 1999

Presidential Determination No. 99-26

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974, as Amended--Continuation of Waiver Authority

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978 (hereinafter the ``Act''), 
I determine, pursuant to subsection 402(d)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 
2432(d)(1), that the further extension of the waiver authority granted 
by section 402 of the Act will substantially promote the objectives of 
section 402 of the Act. I further determine that continuation of the 
waiver applicable to the Republic of Belarus will substantially promote 
the objectives of section 402 of the Act.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: The Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, 
Public Law 105-206, section 5003, changed the term ``most-favored-
nation'' status to ``normal trade relations'' status.