id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pur1.32754077263527 United States. President (2001-2009 : Bush) Confiscating and vesting certain Iraqi property : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that he has taken additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990, by exercising his statutory authority to confiscate and vest certain property of the government of Iraq and its agencies, instrumentalities, or controlled entities, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) and U.S.C. 1631 2003 .txt text/plain 105 30 93 recognized for many decades. This power is being used here because it is clearly in the interests of the United States to have these funds available for use in rebuilding Iraq and launching that country on the path to speedy economic recovery. In addition, this authority is being invoked in a limited way, designed to minimize harm to third parties and to respect existing court orders as much as possible. GEORGE W. BUSH. TI-IE WHITE HOUSE, March 20, 2003. ./cache/pur1.32754077263527.pdf ./txt/pur1.32754077263527.txt