Letter to congressional leaders reporting on blocking property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.(Week Ending Friday, November 3, 2006)

From: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | Date: November 6, 2006| Author: Bush, George W. | Copyright information

October 27, 2006

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

Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic' Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b)(IEEPA), and section 301 of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631 (NEA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the "order") blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In that order, I declared a national emerge...

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