    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [August 10, 1999]
    [Pages 1427-1428]
    [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 10, 1999

    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 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 12924. Enclosed is a copy of the
    notice of extension.
            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.
    This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on August
    11. The notice of August 10 is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.