[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 12 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Pages 582-583]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Sanctions on India

March 16, 2000

Presidential Determination No. 2000-18

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Sanctions on India

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United 
States, including under title IX of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-79), I hereby waive the 
sanctions contained in sections 101 and 102 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, section 620E(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and section 
2(b)(4) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945:
    With respect to India, insofar as such sanctions would otherwise 
apply to assistance to the South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy; the 
Presidential Initiative on Internet for Economic Development; the 
Financial Institution Reform and Expansion program; and the United 
States Educational Foundation in India Environmental Exchange.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination 
to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This determination was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on March 20.

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