[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 17 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Page 660]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the National Emergency With 
Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia

April 17, 2001

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

     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, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
periodic report on the national emergency with respect to significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia that was declared in 
Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995.
     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. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
April 25.