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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