[House Document 107-231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-231 


 
PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
                                BALKANS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A SIX MONTH PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
  THE WESTERN BALKANS THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 
  26, 2001, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(c) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(c)




    June 24, 2002.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
99-011                    WASHINGTON : 2002

To the Congress of the United States:
    As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit 
herewith a 6-month report prepared by my Administration on the 
national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans that was 
declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, June 21, 2002.
 Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to the Western 
                                Balkans

    I hereby report to the Congress on developments over the 
course of the past 6 months concerning the national emergency 
with respect to the Western Balkans that was declared in 
Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, in response to the 
threats to peace and international stabilization efforts in the 
Western Balkans resulting from the actions of persons engaged 
in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, (i) extremist 
violence in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and 
elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts 
obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 
1999, in Kosovo. This report is submitted pursuant to section 
204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
U.S.C. 1703(c), and section 401(c) of the National Emergencies 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c).
    1. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign 
Assets Control (``OFAC'') continues to administer the Western 
Balkans sanctions and to disseminate details of this program to 
the financial, securities, and international trade communities 
by both electronic and conventional media. In addition, OFAC is 
currently promulgating regulations to implement Executive Order 
13219.
    In the 6-month period since December 27, 2001, OFAC has 
issued no specific licenses authorizing transactions otherwise 
prohibited by Executive order, and has neither assessed nor 
collected any civil monetary penalty for a violation of the 
prohibitions contained in the Executive order.
    2. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 
6-month period from December 27, 2001, to June 26, 2002, that 
are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and 
authorities conferred by the declaration of a national 
emergency with respect to the Western Balkans, are estimated at 
approximately $90,000, most of which represent wage and salary 
costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs were largely 
centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the General 
Counsel) and the Department of State.
    3. The situation in the Western Balkans continues to 
present an extraordinary and unusual threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States. I shall 
continue to exercise the powers at my disposal to deal with 
this unusual and extraordinary threat and will report 
periodically to the Congress on significant developments as 
required by law.

                                  
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