    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
    [August 14, 1996]
    [Page 1298]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National
    Emergency With Respect to the Lapse of the Export Administration Act of
    1979
    August 14, 1996

    Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
        On August 19, 1994, in light of the expiration of the Export
    Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.), I
    issued Executive Order No. 12924 declaring a national emergency and
    continuing the system of export regulation under the International
    Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). Under section
    202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), the national
    emergency terminates on the anniversary date of its declaration unless
    the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the
    Congress a notice of its continuation.
        I am hereby advising the Congress that I have extended the national
    emergency declared in Executive Order No. 12924. Attached is a copy of
    the notice of extension.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. The
    notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.