    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [December 15, 1999]
    [Page 2305]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National
    Emergency With Respect to the Lapse of the Export Administration Act of
    1979
    December 15, 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

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