    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [June 1, 2007]
    [Pages 679-680]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting Designations Under the
    Kingpin Act
    June 1, 2007

    Dear _____
        This report to the Congress, under section 804(b) of the Foreign
    Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908 (the ``Kingpin
    Act''), transmits my designations of the following five foreign persons
    and one foreign entity for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports
    my direction of sanctions against them under that Act:
        Victor Emilio Cazarez Salazar
        Gulf Cartel
        Jorge Mario Paredes Cordova
        Haji Azizullah Alizai
        Shahbaz Khan
        Frederik Heinz Barth
            Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to John D. Rockefeller IV, chairman,
    Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Patrick J. Leahy, chairman,
    Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman,
    Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Carl Levin, chairman, Senate
    Committee on Armed Services; Max S. Baucus, chairman, Senate Committee
    on Finance; Joseph I.
    Lieberman, chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
    Governmental Affairs; Silvestre Reyes, chairman, House Permanent Select
    Committee on Intelligence; John Conyers, Jr., chairman, House Committee
    on the Judiciary; Thomas P. Lantos, chairman, House Committee on Foreign
    Affairs; Isaac N. Skelton IV, chairman, House Committee on Armed
    Services; Charles B. Rangel, chairman, House Committee on Ways and
    Means; Bennie G. Thompson, chairman, House Committee on Homeland
    Security.

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