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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release August 21, 2000

August 21, 2000

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:       Delegation of Responsibility Under the
               Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment
               of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act

By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby delegate to you the functions vested in me by section 646 of the ORBIT Act (Public Law 106-180), relating to submission of annual reports to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the privatization of intergovernmental satellite organizations. The authority delegated by the memorandum may be further redelegated within the Department of State.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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