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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-014920
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120314

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000813762
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				133398766
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		767 FIFTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4700
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10153
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-702-4300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		767 FIFTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4700
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10153

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN REAL ESTATE PARTNERS L P
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ICAHN ENTERPRISES FINANCE CORP.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">767 Fifth Avenue &ndash; Suite 4700</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New York, New York 10153</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">March 14, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Loan Lauren P. Nguyen</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Special Counsel</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&nbsp;20549-1004</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding-left: 0.75in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Re:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 80%; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Supplemental Letter with respect to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-179109) of Icahn Enterprises L.P., Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. and Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Icahn Enterprises L.P., Icahn Enterprises
Finance Corp. and Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. (the &ldquo;<U>Registrants</U>&rdquo;) are registering the Registrants&rsquo;
exchange offer (the &ldquo;<U>Exchange Offer</U>&rdquo;) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-179109)
in reliance on the position of the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission enunciated in <U>Exxon Capital
Holdings Corporation</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;(available April&nbsp;13, 1988), <U>Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co., Incorporated</U> (available
June&nbsp;5, 1991) and&nbsp;<U>Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling</U>&nbsp;(available July&nbsp;2, 1993).&nbsp; The Registrants represent
as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">1.<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>The
Registrants have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the securities to be received
in the Exchange Offer (collectively, the &ldquo;<U>New Securities</U>&rdquo;) and, to the best of the Registrants&rsquo; information
and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer (i) has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate
in the distribution of the New Securities, (ii) is neither an &ldquo;affiliate&rdquo; of any of the Registrants within the meaning
of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), nor a broker-dealer acquiring
the New Securities in exchange for securities acquired directly from the Registrants for its own account and (iii) is acquiring
the New Securities in the ordinary course its of business.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">2.<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>The
Registrants will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise)
that if the Exchange Offer is being registered for the purpose of secondary resales, any securityholder using the Exchange Offer
to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (a)&nbsp;could not rely on the staff position enunciated in no-action letters
issued to unrelated third parties (such as <U>Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;(available April&nbsp;13, 1988)
and similar letters) and (b)&nbsp;must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), in connection with a secondary resale transaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrants acknowledge that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing
the selling securityholder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">3.<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>The
Registrants will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise)
that (i) any broker-dealer who holds existing securities&nbsp;&nbsp;acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities, and who receives New Securities in exchange for such existing securities pursuant to the Exchange
Offer, may be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act (as described
in <U>Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;(available July&nbsp;2, 1993)) in connection with any resale of such New Securities,
and (ii) by executing the letter of transmittal, any such broker-dealer represents that it will so deliver a prospectus meeting
the requirements of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">4.<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>The
Registrants will include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate
in the Exchange Offer the following additional provision: if the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding existing securities
acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, an acknowledgement that it will
deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of New Securities received in
respect of such existing securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The transmittal letter or similar documentation may also include
a statement to the effect that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit
that it is an &ldquo;underwriter&rdquo; within the meaning of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">5.<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>None
of the Registrants nor any affiliate of the Registrants has entered into any&nbsp;arrangement or understanding with any broker-dealer
to distribute the New Securities.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Icahn Enterprises L.P.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">By: Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.,</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">its general partner</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;/s/ Dominick Ragone</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 26%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Name: Dominick Ragone</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Title: Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp</FONT>.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;/s/ Dominick Ragone</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Name: Dominick Ragone</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Title: Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Icahn Enterprises holdings L.P</FONT>.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">By: Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.,</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">its general partner</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;/s/ Dominick Ragone</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 26%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Name: Dominick Ragone</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Title: Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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