[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 31 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Page 1003]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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

July 29, 2003

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

    Consistent with 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 am transmitting a 6-month 
periodic report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency 
declared with respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia in Executive Order 
13194 of January 18, 2001, as 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.