[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 5 (Monday, February 3, 2003)]
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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency 
With Respect to the Western Balkans

January 29, 2003

To the Congress of the United States:

    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 
report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency with 
respect to the Western Balkans that was declared in Executive Order 
13219 of June 26, 2001.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 January 29, 2003.