[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 27 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Page 1590]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Responsibilities Under the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act

July 5, 2000

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject:  Delegation of Responsibilities Under Section 1232 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (Public 
Law 106-113)

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 
I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the duties and 
responsibilities vested in the President by section 1232 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (the 
``Act'')(Public Law 106-113), to transfer from War Reserve Allies 
Stockpiles in Korea and Thailand to the Republic of Korea and the 
Kingdom of Thailand, respectively, in return for concessions to be 
negotiated by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, any or all of the items described in paragraph 
(a)(2) of section 1232 of the Act, subject to the conditions, 
requirements, and limitations set forth in section 1232 of the Act.
    Any reference in this memorandum to the provisions of any Act shall 
be deemed to be a reference to such Act or its provisions as may be 
amended from time to time.
    The authority delegated to the Secretary of Defense may be 
redelegated in writing within the Department of Defense.
    The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the  Federal Register. 
                                            William J. Clinton