[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CAUSED BY THE LAPSE OF THE EXPORT 
     ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 33

  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

To the Congress of the United States:
  As required by section 204 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)), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
periodic report on the national emergency declared by Executive Order 
12924 of August 19, 1994, to deal with the threat to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States caused by 
the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 6, 1997.

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