    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 35 (Monday, September 4, 2000)]
    [Page 1956]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting an Amendment of the
    Generalized System of Preferences

    August 27, 2000

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

        I hereby transmit a Proclamation in which I have determined that it
    is appropriate to grant preferential treatment for Nigeria as a
    beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of
    Preferences (GSP). GSP benefits must be granted to Nigeria before that
    nation can receive further trade benefits under the Africa Growth and
    Opportunity Act (Public Law 106-200).
         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.