[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report on the Lapse of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979

May 6, 1997

To the Congress of the United States:

    As required by section 204 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)) and section 401(c) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
periodic report on the national emergency declared by Executive Order 
12924 of August 19, 1994, to deal with the threat to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States caused by the 
lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
May 6, 1997.