    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [October 16, 2002]
    [Page 1819]
    [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
    October 16, 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,

     October 16, 2002.