    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [August 12, 1999]
    [Pages 1441-1442]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the Lapse of
    the Export Administration Act of 1979
    August 12, 1999

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        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.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

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