[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.