    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [July 29, 2003]
    [Page 953]
    [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
    July 29, 2003

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        Consistent with 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 am transmitting a 6-month
    periodic report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency
    declared with respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia in Executive Order
    13194 of January 18, 2001, as 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.