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PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION: Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act

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                              THE WHITE HOUSE

                       Office of the Press Secretary

     _________________________________________________________________
     For Immediate Release                           December 19, 2000




                                 December 15, 2000




                                       Presidential Determination
                                       No.       2001-06



MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:       Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem
               Embassy Act


Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including
section 7(a) of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public
Law 104-45) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is
necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States
to suspend for a period of 6 months the limitations set forth in sections
3(b) and 7(b) of the Act.------

You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this
determination to the Congress, accompanied by a report in
accordance with section 7(a) of the Act, and to publish
the determination in the Federal Register.

This suspension shall take effect after transmission of this
determination and report to the Congress.




                              WILLIAM J. CLINTON




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