    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [January 15, 2002]
    [Page 82]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National
    Emergency With Respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia
    January 15, 2002

    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 Sierra Leone
    and Liberia that was declared in Executive Order 13194, of January 18,
    2001, and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13213, of May 22, 2001.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    January 17.