[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 3 (Monday, January 21, 2002)]
[Page 82]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the National Emergency With Respect 
to Sierra Leone and Liberia

January 15, 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, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Sierra Leone 
and Liberia that was declared in Executive Order 13194, of January 18, 
2001, and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13213, of May 22, 2001.
     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.