    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [April 23, 2002]
    [Page 654]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency
    With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia
    April 23, 2002

    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 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers
    Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month periodic report
    that my Administration has prepared on the national emergency with
    respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia that
    was declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     April 23, 2002.