    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 3 (Monday, January 21, 2002)]
    [Page 81]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Export of Bomb Containment and
    Disposal Units

    January 9, 2002

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

        Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 902 of the Foreign
    Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-
    246) (the ``Act''), and as President of the United States, I hereby
    report to the Congress that it is in the national interest of the United
    States to terminate the suspensions under section 902 of the Act insofar
    as such suspensions pertain to the export of bomb containment and
    disposal units for use in the prevention of terrorist bombings.
         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
    January 17.