[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 15732-15733]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

                                              Office of the Clerk,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                    Washington, DC, June 20, 2003.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     The Speaker, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the permission granted in 
     Clause 2(h) of rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
     Representatives, I have the honor to transmit sealed 
     envelopes received from the White House on June 20, 2003, at 
     1:45 p.m. and said to contain messages from the President 
     whereby he submits a copy of a notice filed earlier with the 
     Federal Register continuing the emergency with respect to the 
     Western Balkans first declared in Executive Order 13219 of 
     June 26, 2001, and where by he submits a 6-month periodic 
     report in accordance with 50 USC 1641 (c) and 50 USC 1703 (c) 
     on the national emergency with respect to the Western 
     Balkans.
       With best wishes, I am
           Sincerely,
                                               Martha C. Morrison,
                                                     Deputy Clerk.

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