[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 28 (Monday, July 19, 1999)]
[Page 1384]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Review of Title III of the Cuban 
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996

July 16, 1999

Dear __________:

    Pursuant to section 306(c)(2) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-114), (the ``Act''), I 
hereby determine and report to the Congress that suspension for 6 months 
beyond August 1, 1999, of the right to bring an action under title III 
of the Act is necessary to the national interests of the United States 
and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph 
R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; 
Ted Stevens, chairman, and Robert C. Byrd, ranking member, Senate 
Committee on Appropriations; Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Sam 
Gejdenson, ranking member, House Committee on International Relations; 
and C.W. Bill Young, chairman, and David R. Obey, ranking member, House 
Committee on Appropriations.