    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 3 (Monday, January 21, 2002)]
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    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Review of Title III of the Cuban
    Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996

    January 16, 2002

    Dear __________ :

        Pursuant to section 306(c)(2) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic
    Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-114), (the ``Act''), I
    hereby determine and report to the Congress that suspension for 6 months
    beyond February 1, 2002, of the right to bring an action under title III
    of the Act is necessary to the national interests of the United States
    and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba.
         Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, and
    Jesse Helms, ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations;
    Robert C. Byrd, chairman, and Ted Stevens, ranking member, Senate
    Committee on Appropriations; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, and Tom Lantos,
    ranking member, House Committee on International Relations; and C.W.
    Bill Young, chairman, and David R. Obey, ranking member, House Committee
    on Appropriations.