[House Document 104-167]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




        104th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-167



           CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING 
 
     TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING TERRORISTS WHO 
  THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS IS TO CONTINUE IN 
     EFFECT BEYOND JANUARY 23, 1996, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




January 22, 1996.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 18, 1996.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic 
termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 
anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in 
the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have 
sent the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency declared 
with respect to grave acts of violence committed by foreign 
terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace process is to 
continue in effect beyond January 23, 1996, to the Federal 
Register for publication.
    The crisis with respect to the grave acts of violence 
committed by foreign terrorists that threaten to disrupt the 
Middle East peace process that led to the declaration on 
January 23, 1995, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. Terrorist groups continue to engage in activities 
with the purpose or effect of threatening the Middle East peace 
process, and that are hostile to U.S. interests in the region. 
Such actions threaten vital interests of the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in 
force the broad authorities necessary to deny any financial 
support from the United States for foreign terrorists that 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
                                 Notice

Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt 
                     the Middle East Peace Process

    On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order No. 12947, I 
declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States constituted by grave acts of 
violence committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the 
Middle East peace process. By Executive Order No. 12947 of 
January 23, 1995, I blocked the assets in the United States, or 
in the control of United States persons, of foreign terrorists 
who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process. I also 
prohibited transactions or dealings by United States persons in 
such property. Because terrorist activities continue to 
threaten the Middle East peace process and vital interests of 
the United States in the Middle East, the national emergency 
declared on January 23, 1995, and the measures that took effect 
on January 24, 1995, to deal with that emergency must continue 
in effect beyond January 23, 1996. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency with respect 
to foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East 
peace process.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, January 18, 1996.