    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [May 6, 1997]
    [Page 558]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the Lapse of the
    Export Administration Act of 1979
    May 6, 1997

    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.