[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 1 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National 
Emergency With Respect to the Taliban

January 3, 2002

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 (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-
month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the 
Taliban that was declared in Executive Order 13129 of July 4, 1999.
     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.