[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12944]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

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

                                              Office of the Clerk,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, August 18, 2011.
     Hon. John A. Boehner,
     The Speaker, The Capitol, 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 a sealed 
     envelope received from the White House on August 18, 2011, at 
     10:46 a.m., and said to contain a message from the President 
     whereby he notifies the Congress that he has issued an 
     Executive Order that takes additional steps with respect to 
     the national emergency with the Government of Syria first 
     declared in E0 13338 of May 11, 2004, as expanded in scope in 
     E0 13572 of April 29, 2011.
       With best wishes, I am
           Sincerely,
                                                    Karen L. Haas,
     Clerk of the House.

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