THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

October 27, 1999

                                   Presidential Determination
                                   No.        2000-04

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Pakistan and India

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including under title IX of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-79), I hereby waive the sanctions contained in sections 101 and 102 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620E(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and section 2(b)(4) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945:

     (1) with respect to India, insofar as such sanctions would 
     otherwise apply to activities of the Export-Import Bank, the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Trade and 
     Development Agency; assistance under the "International Military 
     Education and Training" program; the making of any loan or the 
     providing of any credit to the Government of India by any U.S. 
     bank; assistance to the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, the 
     Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, and the Indo-American 
     Environmental Leadership pro-gram; and any credit, credit 
     guarantee, or other financial assistance provided by the
     Department of Agriculture to support the purchase of food or 
     other agricultural commodity; and

     (2) with respect to Pakistan, insofar as such sanctions would
     otherwise apply to any credit, credit guarantee, or other 
     financial assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture 
     to support the purchase of food or other agricultural commodity; 
     and the making of any loan or the providing of any credit to the 
     Government of Pakistan by any U.S. bank.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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