    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 51 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
    [Page 2647]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act

    December 17, 1999

    Presidential Determination No. 00-08

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State

    Subject: Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act

        Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the
    Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 7(a)
    of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) (the ``Act''),
    I hereby determine that it is necessary to protect the national security
    interests of the United States to suspend for a period of 6 months the
    limitations set forth in section 3(b) and 7(b) of the Act.
        You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this
    determination to the Congress, accompanied by a report in accordance
    with section 7(a) of the Act, and to publish the determination in the
    Federal Register.
        This suspension shall take effect after transmission of this
    determination and report to the Congress.
                                                William J. Clinton

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on December 18.