    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [February 17, 1999]
    [Page 199]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National
    Emergency With Respect to Iraq
    February 17, 1999

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50
    U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency
    Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month
    periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Iraq that was
    declared in Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.