[House Document 105-195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-195


 
 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN TERRORISTS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION 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, 1998, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)





February 3, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 21, 1998.
The 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, 1998, to the Federal 
Register for publication. The first notice continuing this 
emergency was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 
1996.
    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 of a 
national emergency, on January 23, 1995, has not been resolved. 
Terrorist groups continue to engage in activities with the 
purpose or effect of threatening the Middle East peace process, 
and which 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.
    Enclosure.


                                 Notice

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

    On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 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 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. In 1996 and 1997, I transmitted notices of the 
continuation of this national emergency to the Congress and the 
Federal Register. Last year's notice of continuation was 
published in the Federal Register on January 22, 1997. 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, 1998. 
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 21, 1998.


                                
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