    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 22 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
    [Page 1262]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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     Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Sanctions Under the
    Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

     June 1, 2000

     Dear Mr. Chairman:

         I hereby report pursuant to section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics
    Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182 (the ``Kingpin Act''),
    that the following 12 foreign persons are appropriate for sanctions
    pursuant to the Kingpin Act, and that I am imposing sanctions upon them
    pursuant to the Act.
        Benjamin Alberto Arellano-Felix
        Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Felix
        Jose de Jesus Amezcua-Contreras
        Luis Ignacio Amezcua-Contreras
        Rafael Caro-Quintero
        Vicente Carrillo-Fuentes
        Chang Chi-Fu
        Wei Hsueh-Kang
        Noel Timothy Heath
        Glenroy Vingrove Matthews
        Abeni O. Ogungbuyi
        Oluwole A. Ogungbuyi
        Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton

     Note: Identical letters were sent to Floyd Spence, chairman, House
    Committee on Armed Services; Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, House
    Committee on International Relations; Bill Archer, chairman, House
    Committee on Ways and Means; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, House Committee on
    the Judiciary; Porter J. Goss, chairman, House Permanent Select
    Committee on Intelligence; John W. Warner, chairman, Senate Committee on
    Armed Services; Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign
    Relations; Orrin G. Hatch, chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary;
    William V. Roth, Jr., chairman, Senate Committee on Finance; and Richard
    C. Shelby, chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. This
    letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 2.