[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 13 (Monday, April 2, 2001)]
[Page 524]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Responsibilities Related to the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia

March 22, 2001

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Secretary of Defense, the United States Trade Representative

Subject: Delegation of Responsibilities Related to the Federal Republic 
of Yugoslavia

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the 
United States of America, including section 301, of title 3 of the 
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the 
following functions vested in the President:
 (1)         the functions of the President contained in section 594 of 
            the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
            Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429);
 (2)         the functions of the President contained in section 1511 of 
            the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, 
            to exempt Serbia and Montenegro from the sanctions specified 
            in that section, and to waive or modify the application of 
            those sanctions;
 (3)         the functions of the President contained in section 1(c) of 
            Public Law 102-420, to restore normal trade relations status 
            for goods produced in Serbia or Montenegro by certifying 
            that Serbia or Montenegro, as the case may be, has ceased 
            armed conflict with other ethnic groups in the former 
            Yugoslavia, has agreed to respect the borders of the 
            republics that comprised the former Yugoslavia, and has 
            ceased all support for Serbian forces inside Bosnia-
            Herzegovina.
    Any reference in this memorandum to provisions of any act related to 
the subject of this memorandum shall be deemed to include reference to 
any hereafter-enacted provision of law that is the same or substantially 
the same as such provision.
    The functions delegated by this memorandum shall be exercised in 
consultation with the National Security Council, Department of the 
Treasury and other agencies as appropriate, and may be redelegated as 
appropriate.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on March 27.