[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 10 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Page 474]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority To Transmit Report on Cooperative 
Projects With Russia

March 3, 2000

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Delegation of Authority to Transmit Report on Cooperative 
Projects With Russia

    By authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, 
I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the duties and 
responsibilities vested in the President by section 2705(d) of Division 
G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-844). Such duties and 
responsibilities shall be exercised subject to the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State.
    The reporting requirements delegated by this memorandum to the 
Secretary of Defense may be redelegated not lower than the Under 
Secretary level. The Department of Defense shall obtain clearance on the 
report from the Office of Management and Budget prior to its submission 
to the Congress.
    Any reference in this memorandum to the provisions of any Act shall 
be deemed to be referenced to such Act or its provisions as may be 
amended from time to time.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on March 6.