[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 29 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Page 1654]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National 
Emergency With Respect to the Taliban

July 17, 2000

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 section 204(c) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-
month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the 
Taliban (Afghanistan) that was declared in Executive Order 13129 of July 
4, 1999.
                                            William J. Clinton
 The White House,
 July 17, 2000.

 Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
July 18.