[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 47 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Page 2901]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

<R04>
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National 
Emergency With Respect to the Lapse of the Export Administration Act of 
1979

November 17, 2000

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    As required by section 204(c) 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.
     Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. 
This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
November 18.