    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 23 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
    [Page 1272]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Normal Trade
    Relations Status for Vietnam

    June 2, 2000

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

        I hereby transmit the document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1)
    of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act''), with respect to a
    further 12-month extension of the authority to waive subsections (a) and
    (b) of section 402 of the Act. This document constitutes my
    recommendation to continue in effect this waiver authority for a further
    12-month period, and includes my reasons for determining that
    continuation of the waiver authority and the waiver currently in effect
    for Vietnam will substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of
    the Act.
         Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton

     Note:  Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.
    This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
    issue.