Memorandum on Suspending Prohibitions on Certain Sales and Leases Under the Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1994

Presidential Determination No. 96-23

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Suspending Prohibitions on Certain Sales and Leases Under the Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1994

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 564 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act ("the Act"), Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Public Law 103-236, as amended, I hereby:

(1) determine and certify that the following countries do not currently maintain a policy or practice of sending letters to United States firms requesting compliance with, or soliciting information regarding compliance with, the Arab League secondary or tertiary boycott of Israel: Jordan and Mauritania;

(2) determine that extension of suspension of the application of Section 564(a) of the Act to the following countries until May 1, 1997, will promote the objectives of Section 564:

Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, April 30, 1996.