[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 51 (Monday, December 25, 2000)]
[Pages 3115-3116]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Action To Implement the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act

December 18, 2000

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

    I hereby transmit a Proclamation to implement the non-textile/
apparel benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of 
Public Law 106-200) (AGOA) by expanding the list of products eligible 
for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences 
(GSP) program when imported from beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries.
     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 letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
December 19.

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