    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [March 1, 2000]
    [Page 351]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency
    With Respect to Iraq
    March 1, 2000

    To the Congress of the United States:
        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 (IEEPA), 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.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    March 1, 2000.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    March 2.