[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 31 (Monday, August 4, 2003)] [Page 1023] [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] <R04> Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency With Respect to Iraq July 31, 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 providing a 6-month periodic report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency with respect to Iraq that was declared in Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990. 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.